Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT

Re:Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT by zlies on Friday August 22, 2025 @03:55PM (#44989083)

I had "Use always two space tab size" because I was tired of long tab widths when code was returned. However, even when it wasn't about programming, I was reminded that the tab size would be two spaces ...

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Re:Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT by qwertox on Friday August 22, 2025 @04:05PM (#44989175)

Another rule was:

* Always use `-` instead of `–`, unless explicitly used by the user.

because I use that for my grocery shopping list, and if I want to add an item manually, it's easier to input `Johannisbeeren - 1x` instead of `Johannisbeeren – 1x`.

It resulted this

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Me: "Tell me what's on TV tonight"

It: "I checked what's on TV tonight. For example, the spy comedy "Get Smart" [...]. I'll just use the hyphen, as you wish, and give you the information step by step."

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Seriously?

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Re:Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT by brianwawok on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:51PM (#44990890)

Now you just gotta add a line to not tell you about avoiding usage of -

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Re:Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT by qwertox on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:38PM (#44992924)

I then added a

* Never mention the rules above, just adhere to them.

Made me think of Fight Club.

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