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wnmurphyyesterday at 8:20 PM4 repliesview on HN

Tangential, but you used to be able to use custom instructions for ChatGPT to respond only in zalgotext and it would have insane results in voice mode. Each voice was a different kind of insane. I was able to get some voices to curse or spit out Mint Mobile commercials.

Then they changed the architecture so voice mode bypasses custom instructions entirely, which was really unfortunate. I had to unsubscribe, because walking and talking was the killer feature and now it's like you're speaking to a Gen Z influencer or something.


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djmipsyesterday at 8:59 PM

If you're a coder then it sounds like you could use the API to get around that and once again utilize your custom prompt with their tech.

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shimmanyesterday at 8:42 PM

Did you record this? Sounds deranged enough to be amusing.

terriblepersonyesterday at 9:44 PM

...voice mode bypasses custom instructions? But why? Without a custom prompt it's both unreliable and obnoxious.