Just by the nature of the product, the manipulation will be a lot more subtle, and likely more successful than traditional ads..

▲ rjh29 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

So far it's about as subtle as a slap to the face. If you set ChatGPT's personality to 'straight-shooting' it starts every answer with "blunt", "tell it like it is" or "unvarnished" and permeates that across the whole reply; by its very nature, it is unable to be subtle about anything.

▲ CamperBob2 6 days ago | parent [-]

That hasn't been true for a while IME. Did you select 'Robot' as the personality?

▲ rjh29 6 days ago | parent [-]

I have Default personality with the traits field set to straight-shooter ("Tell it like it is; don't sugar-coat responses.") I'll try the robot one, thanks.

▲ CamperBob2 6 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah, that's a recent addition, as far as I can tell. It became available in my account a few weeks ago. I currently use 'Robot' mode, call myself a 'Researcher', and use these custom instructions:

    Answer concisely when appropriate, more extensively 
    when necessary.  Avoid rhetorical flourishes, bonhomie, 
    and (above all) cliches.  Take a forward-thinking view. 
    OK to be mildly positive and encouraging but NEVER 
    sycophantic or cloying.  Above all, NEVER use the 
    phrase "You're absolutely right."  Rather than "Let me 
    know if..." style continuations, you may list a set 
    of prompts to explore further topics, but only when 
    clearly appropriate.

Pretty happy with the results so far. Very low BS factor (although it does ignore the last part sometimes.)

▲ Atlas667 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"I feel like something is missing in my life"

> Thinking...

> Have you ever had that energetic and refreshing feeling after a Baja Blast(TM)?

▲ ants_everywhere 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is true, but it doesn't go far enough. Google could serve you ads, like LLMs will.

But LLMs can be used to astroturf internet spaces. Which means they allow everyone the ability to serve ads and manipulate. It's no longer just limited to the company providing the original service.

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cutemonster 6 days ago | parent [-]

I think they'd inject ads during training (too). You and everyone cannot do that; Google can.

	▲	ants_everywhere 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		why would they inject ads during training?

▲ jonahx 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's terrifying.

	▲	apercu 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		And yet somehow it's even worse.

▲ ahartmetz 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe something good comes out of the work to only push products that actually exist. /s