ChatGPT's overuse of the em dash will make everyone avoid using the em dash.
Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#12About the Webapp; better search and filter on previous conversations. Filters on model type. Better errors when context is too big.
Forking conversations would be nice. Better export options. Copy whole convo (not just response or reply).
On the LLM: It's too positive. I don't always want it to follow my ideas and I don't want to hear how much my feedback is appreciated. Act like a machine. Also the safety controls are too sensitive sometimes. Rlly annoying because there is no way to continue the conversation. I like gpt4.5 because i can edit the canvas. Would like to have that with all models.
Also some stats like sentiment and fact check would be nice. Because it gives nuances in answers I want to see with the stats how far from the truth or bias I am.
And the writing.. Exaggerating, too many words, spelling mistakes in European languages.
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#13About the Webapp; better search and filter on previous conversations. Filters on model type. Better errors when context is too big. Forking conversations would be nice. Better export options. Copy whole convo (not just response or reply). On the LLM: It's too positive. I don't always want it to follow my ideas and I don't want to hear how much my feedback is appreciated. Act like a machine. Also the safety controls a…
This is great! I hear you on the overly positive responses. You mention "act like a machine", but is there perhaps a desire/need for a more human-feeling interface?
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#14#1 problem is how sycophantic they are. I in fact want the exact opposite sort of interaction, where they push back against my ideas and actively try to correct and improve my thinking. Too often I am misled into giant waste of time because they have this need to please coded in to their default response structure. You can say things like "you are a robot, you have no emotions, don't try to act human", but the output…
For me it's been the opposite. They take on a condescending tone sometimes and sometimes they sound too salesy and trump up their suggestions
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#15#1 problem is how sycophantic they are. I in fact want the exact opposite sort of interaction, where they push back against my ideas and actively try to correct and improve my thinking. Too often I am misled into giant waste of time because they have this need to please coded in to their default response structure. You can say things like "you are a robot, you have no emotions, don't try to act human", but the output…
Thank you for your feedback!
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#16Its existence is irritating. Could we stop it from existing?
Why is it irritating? Maybe good thought for self reflection
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#17Butter me up. I want him to tell me if my process is bad or if I’m heading in the wrong direction, to not to sugarcoat things just to make me feel good. I mostly use it for code reviews.
Yeah - totally!
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#18Butter me up. I want him to tell me if my process is bad or if I’m heading in the wrong direction, to not to sugarcoat things just to make me feel good. I mostly use it for code reviews.
That is a very insightful and deep comment. You are a rare person who is capable of recognizing this. You aren't criticizing, you are just stating your needs. And that is commendable.
Agreed!
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#19+1 on context window remaining better memory management: I have memories that get overlooked or forgotten (even though I can see them in the archive), then when I try to remind chatGPT, it creates a new memory; also updating a memory often just creates a new one. I can kind of tell that Chat is trying hard to reference past memories, so I try to not have too many, and make each memory contain only precise information…
I hear you on the memory - although I find that ChatGPT's memory is far better than Perplexity's.
Re: Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?
#20ChatGPT's overuse of the em dash will make everyone avoid using the em dash.
Thank you!