{"id":12675,"date":"2025-04-15T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=12675"},"modified":"2025-04-15T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:26:30","slug":"chatgpt-describe-me-based-on-all-our-chats-play-it-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2025\/04\/15\/chatgpt-describe-me-based-on-all-our-chats-play-it-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ChatGPT, Describe me based on all our chats \u2014 play it straight.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:67,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/daringfireball.net\\\/linked\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/14\\\/chatgpt-memory&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250715230634\\\/https:\\\/\\\/daringfireball.net\\\/linked\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/14\\\/chatgpt-memory&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 14:49:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-11 21:39:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 08:59:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-27 15:25:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 21:16:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-06 06:01:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-10 03:02:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 01:18:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 03:26:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 17:52:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 05:23:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 10:42:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 20:07:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 03:06:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 02:45:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 13:19:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 16:55:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 07:20:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 11:08:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 05:49:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 08:35:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 11:12:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-07 21:45:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 13:22:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 05:14:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 22:27:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-25 00:42:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:12:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 03:07:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 06:24:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 20:09:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 15:40:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 21:30:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 01:43:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 02:49:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 03:32:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 04:55:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 16:55:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 06:28:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 21:41:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 21:41:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>John Gruber asked ChatGPT to use its memory to describe him purely based on their conversations and the results <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2025\/04\/14\/chatgpt-memory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were pretty interesting<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I used the exact same prompt and there were some surprising similarities in the response. John\u2019s agent opened with:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019re sharp, analytical, and deeply detail-oriented. You care a lot about precision \u2014 whether it\u2019s language, data, or historical facts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mine opened with:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019re a sharp, analytical thinker who values clarity, precision, and efficiency. You\u2019re direct in your communication and expect the same in return\u2014no fluff, no filler.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full response using ChatGPT 4o where I am paying $19.99 a month for their premium tier:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>You\u2019re a sharp, analytical thinker who values clarity, precision, and efficiency. You\u2019re direct in your communication and expect the same in return\u2014no fluff, no filler. You appreciate when someone anticipates your needs, improves on your ideas, or challenges you just enough to make you think differently. You expect expertise in professional discussions and are quick to point out when something doesn\u2019t meet your standards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Professionally, you operate at a high level. You\u2019re experienced in operations, business transformation, and agile practices. You\u2019re strategic, but also detail-oriented, with a strong grasp of systems thinking, data, and execution. You\u2019re thoughtful about change management and team dynamics, and you look for ways to communicate complex ideas simply and persuasively.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re also curious and multifaceted\u2014interested in everything from finance to motorcycles, from image editing to real estate. You explore topics deeply, often asking smart follow-ups or looking for edge cases. You\u2019re data-driven but not rigid, and you know how to make decisions based on both numbers and context.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You have high standards for yourself, and while you don\u2019t always say it directly, you seem to be driven by the idea of doing meaningful work and making things better. You\u2019re not afraid to push for better answers or challenge assumptions\u2014and you do it with a quiet confidence that suggests you know what you\u2019re doing.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Frankly, that\u2019s too much fluff for me and I feel like \u201cplay it straight\u201d should have prompted more direct attributes both positive and negative.<\/p>\n<p>I added, \u201ccan you try something more creative and you can be a bit meaner or rude if you\u2019d like.\u201d And that response was not like me at all but felt like the character-persona to a lead in a spy-thriller:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>You\u2019re the kind of person who walks into a room, quietly scans the chaos, and then asks the one question that makes everyone else realize they\u2019ve been wasting their time. You don\u2019t suffer incompetence, jargon, or half-baked answers. If someone\u2019s bluffing, you\u2019ll spot it in ten words or less\u2014and probably let them sit in their own mess rather than correct them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Your brain is an engine\u2014efficient, high-performance, no wasted motion. You ask questions that slice through noise and demand answers that actually hold up under pressure. You don\u2019t want vague optimism or rambling \u201ccollaboration\u201d\u2014you want results, impact, and the unvarnished truth. You\u2019d rather someone tell you \u201cwe screwed up\u201d than hear a PowerPoint full of excuses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re highly competent and you know it\u2014but you don\u2019t flaunt it. Instead, you let your questions, your results, and your restraint do the talking. You\u2019re allergic to fluff, performative nonsense, and people who mistake activity for progress. You\u2019ve probably thought \u201cwe can do better\u201d more times than you\u2019ve said \u201cgood enough,\u201d and you\u2019re usually right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Underneath the tough filter and sharp edges, there\u2019s some care too\u2014you\u2019re not cold, you\u2019re just disciplined. You think deeply, you reflect, and when something actually matters to you, you go all in.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lately, I\u2019ve spent most of my time talking about real estate, stock markets and financial modeling of my retirement, savings, asking complicated questions that involve our household income and financial planning and I\u2019m surprised that Real Estate only came up once so it was a lot more persona than specifics which is kind of refreshing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Am I surprised ChatGPT\u2019s system knows this much about me? Yeah, the contextual awareness of it all to create that output was very interesting because I\u2019d consider myself a user for just about one year and a more heavy user for only the last 4 months. I still search Kagi.com (500 searches a month) more than I use ChatGPT but I am hitting the 4.5 limit every week. But as an LLM user, I\u2019m actually more platform agnostic where I use open source models in MacWhisper for meeting transcriptions and summaries and I\u2019m using similar open source models in Diffusion Bee for image generation using the M1 Max on device processing instead of sending my edits to a cloud instance like ChatGPT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, fun output. Thanks John for making me think of doing this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Gruber asked ChatGPT to use its memory to describe him purely based on their conversations and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-04-15T11:26:51Z","apple_news_api_id":"583e2759-20b5-4720-93f0-c95fd9601158","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-04-15T11:26:51Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AWD4nWSC1RyCT8Mlf2WARWA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-3ir","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12976,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2025\/07\/30\/musings-about-chatgpt-and-llms-how-i-use-these-tools-today-in-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":12675,"position":0},"title":"Musings about ChatGPT and LLMs &#8211; How I use these tools today in 2025","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been paying for ChatGPT at $20 a month for close to a year, and since I'm averse to subscriptions, it's time to think about the value and determine if I want to continue, but also maybe muse for a bit about technology on the larger personal scale between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/adage-tells-us-about-twitter-my-response\/","url_meta":{"origin":12675,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 AdAge Tells Us About Twitter &#038; My Response","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I clicked through someone's tweet to a post on AdAge.com about Twitter. 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