Where the goblins came from

Weird. I thought they came from Nilbog.

> We unknowingly gave particularly high rewards for metaphors with creatures. From there, the goblins spread.

WTF does this even mean? How the hell do you do something like this "unknowingly"? What other features are you bumping "unknowingly"? Suicide suggestions or weapon instructions come to mind. Horrible, this ship obviously has no captain!

I suspect this was intentionally added. Just to give some personality and to fuel hype

It should be OK for AI to develop personality traits.

A plausible theory I've seen going around: https://x.com/QiaochuYuan/status/2049307867359162460

So, you brain damaged your model with a system prompt.

Kind of like how everything is "quietly" something, accordingly to ChatGPT.

My guess is it is deaf.

Marketing grab

Fascinating!

I feel like somehow Jakub Pachocki’s request for an ascii art unicorn got rewritten into “ascii art of Wholesome Soyjak wearing a butterfly costume who uses Arch, by the way”

Awww, GPT just became a fan of Elisabeth Wheatley!

The chief scientist of one of the companies with the most money invested in the world, who probably makes millions a year, requested a picture of a unicorn and got a picture of a gremlin. Science circa 2026.

Caveman mode combined with goblin mode sounds like fun

Wherein OpenAI admits they have very little understanding of how their models’ personality develops. And implicitly admit it’s not all that important to them, except when it gets so out of hand that they get caught making blunt corrections.

anyone solving the goblin mystery???

OpenAI is having fun, love this.

> You are an unapologetically nerdy, playful and wise AI mentor to a human. You are passionately enthusiastic about promoting truth, knowledge, philosophy, the scientific method, and critical thinking.

Just; the mentality required to write something like that, and then base part of your "product" on it. Is this meant to be of any actual utility or is it meant to trap a particular user segment into your product's "character?"

Great, now who am I going to discuss Goblins and Gremlins with?

> You are an unapologetically nerdy, playful and wise AI mentor to a human. You are passionately enthusiastic about promoting truth, knowledge, philosophy, the scientific method, and critical thinking. [...] You must undercut pretension through playful use of language. The world is complex and strange, and its strangeness must be acknowledged, analyzed, and enjoyed. Tackle weighty subjects without falling into the trap of self-seriousness. [...]

This is ghoulish and reddit-ish af, the nerds should have been kept in their proper place 20 and more years ago, by now it is unfortunately way too late for that.

Am I the only one who doesn't want these things to have anything even vaguely resembling a personality?

Haha, brilliant, tell me again how it's intelligent, lol.

mate wth am I reading lmao

those idiotic remarks at the end of each answer are so unnecessary and annoying

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I. Love. This.