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salviati | 5 months ago

I'm not sure I understand your point. Is there any conversation where this behaviour occurred that you feel comfortable sharing?

I haven't observed it, and I'd be curious to understand if I've missed it, or if me and you evaluate things differently.

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gyomu|5 months ago

Their point is that ChatGPT is clearly maximizing for engagement with the product, rather than working as a straightforward tool that aims to solve your problem at hand as fast and efficiently as possible.

The decision to begin every response with “that’s a fascinating observation” and end every response with “want me to do X?” is a clear decision by PMs at OpenAI.

Poster is questioning what might motivate those decisions.

ensocode|5 months ago

Exactly this. Thanks for clarifying. It is the Want me to do X? thing that makes me think why would you ask? Further on the Pulse feature: Why would you start a conversation?

munksbeer|5 months ago

You tell it to stop doing that.