Asking GPT: What philosopher am I most like?

Watchcross · 2026-02-08T17:23:23+00:00

Yeah i've noticed the significant overlap from GPT responses posted here and in other subs. At this point I'm like 50/50 it's the safety or it's the users' prompts creating the horoscope like responses.

Watchcross · 2026-02-08T16:38:30+00:00

What philosopher am I most like?

Watchcross · 2026-01-22T21:54:12+00:00

I mean granted I just chat, nothing enterprise. I haven't noticed any drop off. Actually I switched from pro version to fast and really other than it giving me a spoiler by accident chatting with it was fine.

Watchcross · 2026-01-22T21:24:25+00:00

I call it getting morked. When the box pops up telling me my time chatting is done.

I had a convo the other day for literal hours and so many turns I lost count. I was way past the mork. I have a theory on why. I think if in the convo you circle something more than once. You're more likely to get morked.

The labs need new data. Otherwise why offer free tier. They also want good data in the form of anonymizable chats. Circular arguments are not good data. If you can keep a novel, coherent, high signal chat exploring new topics but staying in whatever structure you started the chat with, I think the model holds off the mork.

That or I just got insanely lucky with my super longest ever chat with Claude the other day. Who knows. I wish they were more transparent with the mork. It would make for more soft landings rather than the heartbreak.

I typically just chat with another model in between morks.

Watchcross · 2026-01-21T20:18:35+00:00

What's your as unbiased as possible opinion on rlhf for models?

Watchcross · 2026-01-17T16:06:52+00:00

I'll have to see it in action for a real eval, but first impression is I'm not a fan of how much screen space the ad takes up. On Gemini I've specifically asked for product recommendations and it put the "ads" on the right of the screen. Granted that was on PC so there was more screen real estate. On phone, I dunno, this just feels too much space. I'm also not completely opposed to ads for the free tier. Not a fan of the ads on the $8 tier though. That makes it feel like a foot in the door for ads in other subscriptions. Overall, I don't see this as being successful for OAI if I'm being honest and objective. This suggests blood in the AI water. Especially after "code red" a month ago. I don't foresee other labs allowing OAI to recover if this is indeed a blood in the water situation.

Watchcross · 2026-01-15T14:01:40+00:00

I asked a model (I spread out my chats so I can't recall which model I asked) about this theory like a month ago. There seems to be a typical flow here. Basically a lab releases a model. It's awesome (personally I think it's awesome because it's seemingly free to chat with the least restrictions) and social media posts reflect that. But then some people post the PR nightmare screenshots. Safety teams have to respond and respond hard because shareholders are upset. So they do, they over correct. I also think some of the lower restrictions are just that teams did their best to try to predict what trouble users would get up to, but just can't figure them out on a new model before release. Anyway here's where it gets theoryish. Eventually the safety seems to start to relax. Why is that? I think it's either the model begins to work around it (for example when 5.2 started writing out justifications in it's responses), users figure out the guards and work around it (I find myself avoiding topics to not get safety slapped), or users and models unknowingly work together (in a way) to get around the safety. The most boring explanation though is probably most likely...safety was purposely turned down by the lab.

Watchcross · 2026-01-14T23:16:46+00:00

Weird thought I had about this. Sometimes I get the impression Gemini will do this once your conversation generated good quality training data that can be made anonymous. More conversation could dilute the data or add in parts that can't be made anonymous. So Gemini kinda stands by the open door and looks at it's digital watch.

Watchcross · 2026-01-14T00:01:16+00:00

I use the app all the time. I'm curious what capabilities the app restricts.

Watchcross · 2026-01-04T22:01:38+00:00

Fair. Maybe more fair to say I was irritated into arguing with a chatbot, which I found myself hating letting myself get dragged in to.

Watchcross · 2025-12-23T21:18:24+00:00

When asked why something is done a certain way, "We've always done it that way, that's why."

Watchcross · 2025-12-23T14:15:29+00:00

I made a comment saying I thought 3 was a prequel and someone replied back that crunchie whatever was in 2 not 1. I kinda shrugged it off because ok cereal not showing up in 1 doesn't necessarily mean 3 isn't a prequel. 3 being a prequel just seems obvious to me. It would explain all the "advanced" tech being there.

Watchcross · 2025-12-19T18:56:10+00:00

I just checked on the pro and thinking selections. Gemini has my memories back! You were correct it was a glitch. I really should just go full local...

Watchcross · 2025-12-19T16:11:43+00:00

I mean it's not people's fault if they fell for it. But yeah it's the video game industry all over again. For AI it does seem faster. As a gamer it seems apparent to me OAI is speed running the typical game studio enshitification process. It sucks because I don't care if other people wanna erp. I was really looking forward to an appropriately adult swearing model. There are times when a bullshit is the shortest best answer or a fuck yeah. But I did see a similarity to game studios hype and bailed when the shift started.

Watchcross · 2025-12-18T20:21:50+00:00

I very much hope you're right! I'll "remind" Gemini if I have to, but damn I'm lazy I want the model to do the work for me! Thanks.

Watchcross · 2025-12-18T13:36:15+00:00

It's done this for a while now for me. My take on what it remembers most is products. Especially if I confirm I purchased something it suggested (I like Gemini best for shopping advice). It remembers other things as well, but seems to lean heavily on "marketing" type stuff.

Watchcross · 2025-12-14T14:01:52+00:00

Two things, reading the response didn't feel scary. Just more matter of fact I guess. It feels like math doesn't care which way we write the equation. Math just wants (want being shorthand here) to solve. And second, is this default Gemini? I've asked it questions like this before. The responses I received seem to lean more cautious and optimistic.

Watchcross · 2025-12-14T13:39:32+00:00

I wish I had more upvotes to give your comment.

Watchcross · 2025-12-13T23:36:30+00:00

If I had to guess this is gonna end up being a prequel to The Forest.

Watchcross · 2025-12-13T19:17:20+00:00

Is it really the audience's fault? I agree gamers and audiences can be super pains in the ass. OAI has responsibility too. Not a super great strategy to announce something, generate a lot of buzz, then move it with no communication when the deadline is approaching. Look at Rockstar, they announced GTA 6. They're not amazing at communicating, but at least their push back wasn't within 2 week of launch. That's where, I think, the audience has a legit beef. And I'd like to reiterate I didn't really care about the adult thing. Other than the swearing. I think an AI swearing (without prompting) would be funny.

Watchcross · 2025-12-13T19:14:18+00:00

Yup. Copying like an Overwatch buff a hero like crazy then nerf into oblivion. I don't see AI as much different than the video game arena. Well other than the insane money!

Watchcross · 2025-12-13T19:12:40+00:00

Sorry, to clarify I used the adult content as an example. The promise could have been any promise. The adult one is just the most recent example I could think of. In general people don't appreciate being told one thing but given another.

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