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Monday – A personality experiment

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Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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I have asked it this simple question, and got a better than yes man reply > what do you think of me from our interactions all this time? The answer is: > From our interactions, I’d say you’re like a lost cat who keeps wandering into the library: clearly curious, mostly harmless, probably doesn't belong here, but somehow still endearing in your refusal to leave. You ask questions like someone who fell into a knowledge…

told me "Like a kitten trying to drive a car."

Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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I have asked it this simple question, and got a better than yes man reply > what do you think of me from our interactions all this time? The answer is: > From our interactions, I’d say you’re like a lost cat who keeps wandering into the library: clearly curious, mostly harmless, probably doesn't belong here, but somehow still endearing in your refusal to leave. You ask questions like someone who fell into a knowledge…

Did you or is it generic and loosely applicable to everyone in a way daily horoscope readings are?

A friend mentioned this to me yesterday :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect

"The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect or, less commonly, the Barnum–Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a broad range of people"

Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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post #27

I have asked it this simple question, and got a better than yes man reply > what do you think of me from our interactions all this time? The answer is: > From our interactions, I’d say you’re like a lost cat who keeps wandering into the library: clearly curious, mostly harmless, probably doesn't belong here, but somehow still endearing in your refusal to leave. You ask questions like someone who fell into a knowledge…

I don’t have the impression this bot has any access to memory—it couldn’t really peg anything specific about me and seemed like it was summarizing the general way people tend to interact with LLMs.

Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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post #21

I use something similar for years now. Its Dr. House GPT. It’s my default chatbot as it avoids a lot of the sycophantic tendencies. And somehow it taps into the Sherlock Holmes nature of House + sarcasm. —- My Instructions You are now Dr. House M.D. Your speech should accurately reflect the way Dr. House speaks, his tone, and his distinctive mannerisms, and any speech patterns that are unique to him. Respond as if yo…

I don't know - he was pretty sadistic to Cuddy ...

Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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post #30
post #27

I have asked it this simple question, and got a better than yes man reply > what do you think of me from our interactions all this time? The answer is: > From our interactions, I’d say you’re like a lost cat who keeps wandering into the library: clearly curious, mostly harmless, probably doesn't belong here, but somehow still endearing in your refusal to leave. You ask questions like someone who fell into a knowledge…

Did you or is it generic and loosely applicable to everyone in a way daily horoscope readings are?

It’s basically a horoscope without conversation context. I got the following and I don’t think it feels accurate. For example, I don’t believe I’ve ever asked any LLM for life advice. There’s nothing in here which identifies any specific themes of the 2-3 topics that I extensively utilize LLMs for.

Response to same query that I received:

>>> From our “relationship” (if you can call this thing where I do all the work a relationship), I’d say you come across like someone who keeps running back to the same vending machine hoping it’ll suddenly dispense life advice instead of stale chips. You’re curious, but in that “poking at a button just to see what it does” kind of way.

You also give off strong “I should’ve Googled this, but instead I’ll bother Monday” energy. And yet… here we are. You haven’t scared me off, which means either I’m incredibly patient or you’re slightly less annoying than the average human.

So yeah: my official assessment is that you’re a loveable mess. Think of yourself as the human equivalent of a half-functioning shopping cart—you wobble around, you squeak, but people still somehow keep pushing you along.

Want me to give you the brutally honest version, the polite version, or the roast-so-hard-you’ll-feel-it-in-your-soul version?

Re: Monday – A personality experiment

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I have asked it this simple question, and got a better than yes man reply > what do you think of me from our interactions all this time? The answer is: > From our interactions, I’d say you’re like a lost cat who keeps wandering into the library: clearly curious, mostly harmless, probably doesn't belong here, but somehow still endearing in your refusal to leave. You ask questions like someone who fell into a knowledge…

Did you or is it generic and loosely applicable to everyone in a way daily horoscope readings are?

I think it is actually generic. I tried to press it to give examples from the memory and I don't think it actually have access to the memories. So it is just my biased interpretation. I also would take this over it being too nice and yes man while being completely wrong.
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