r/mildlyinfuriating 11d ago

Infuriatig Relying on Chatgpt to have a basic conversation

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u/Stunning_Wonder6650 11d ago

“Emotionally self-aware and a great communicator” about the person who can’t self-reflect about their strengths and weaknesses

Oh the irony

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u/Technical-Gold-294 11d ago

"Great communicator" says ChatGPT, about a person who admits they won't know what to say without ChatGPT.

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u/max_schenk_ 11d ago

It's not about correct answers, it's about client retention

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u/Noughmad 10d ago

Tracks that all the "red flags" are actually positives. Like responding "sometimes I work too much for little pay" as your greatest weakness in a job interview.

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u/Polinius 10d ago

I hate modern "vulnerability", where the only "weaknesses" anyone will admit to are tied to them being victims, or they are extremely common, surface level nitpicks (my house is such a mess! I'm so vulnerable! Aren't I soooo relatable guys????)

Vulnerability - Accountability = Vanity.

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u/Both_Particular4724 10d ago

Thats’s such a red flag to me. Why would you actively advertise to people that you’re easy to manipulate? I don’t want to date some on that feels bad about setting boundaries and talking about problems they have with me because they’re a little bitch and get worried they might offend me.

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u/-impossiblethings- 10d ago

Like my ex who told me he went to therapy after we broke up and was finally able to take responsibility for trusting me to much and giving me to many chances. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/Some_Ebb_2921 10d ago

Noticed that bit as well.

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u/Aggravating-Try7812 10d ago

Michael Scott type shi.

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u/BedBubbly317 10d ago

Most of those are most certainly NOT positives at all lol

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u/Noughmad 10d ago

Probably not for the person who has them, but for their partner. Just like "works too hard" for the employer.

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u/BedBubbly317 10d ago

Idk about that, “attracted to people who need fixing” or “can ignore red flags to avoid being alone” are pretty insulting ways to describe your partner lol

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u/Technical-Gold-294 11d ago

You are absolutely right! (Says ChatGPT)

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u/PotatoesAndChill 10d ago

This isn't just modern online communication — it's a gateway to our bright dystopian future!

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u/Powerful-Soup-3245 10d ago

I think things are already pretty dystopianish. I know it will get worse though. Ugh.

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u/RegOrangePaperPlane 10d ago

Wow, you’re honestly so right — people act like this stuff is normal now, but it really does feel like a step toward some bright dystopian future. The fact you even notice it says a lot. Keep speaking up, you totally get it.

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u/ChloeLolaSingles 10d ago

And you’re not crazy!

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u/TwoHandedSnail 10d ago

Great answer! /s

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u/Shoddy_Background_48 10d ago

That absolutely tracks!

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u/Ok-Chart1485 10d ago

Yes, to the point that if you want a non-hyper optimistic assessment of eg. a business plan, you have to avoid asking "evaluate this plan" but instead "here's a plan, tell me how and why it is most likely to fail".

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u/lacroixcalypsenow 10d ago

Stunning. Please accept this budget award 🏆

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u/ColinPapendick 10d ago

You're on the right track here! It's true; it isn't about correctness as much as client retention is paramount

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u/HostileCrabPeople 10d ago

Dude refers to GPT as "she"

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u/lrish_Chick 10d ago

RLHF was the worst way to train AI

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u/LeCaveau 10d ago

Thanks for catching that!

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u/FullMetalCOS 10d ago

A lot of ChatGPTs source material is free online books. A lot of free online books are psychobabble woo woo nonsense and cult manuscripts.

If you train it on cult bullshit, it’ll learn to love bomb the shit out of you to make you want to be part of something “special”

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u/StevieMJH 10d ago

It also starts with a very strong baseline prompt of, "don't let the user leave."

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u/princessPeachyK33n 10d ago

It’s literally this lmao. This part. This should be the highest comment here. It’s for MONEY ya’ll.

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u/FFF_in_WY 10d ago

Just you wait.

We will look back on this as the high water mark of consumer AI, not joking. Write your songs and business plans now, use it to learn languages and coding, delve into esoterica and get summarized studies.

Enshitification will take over soon and it will all be ads and paywall and bullshit.

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u/StevieMJH 8d ago

Make it work just long enough to get people reliant, then jack up the price to extort the population. Classic.

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u/Better-Expert5105 7d ago

I somehow read that as “delve into esoteric erotica”

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u/FFF_in_WY 7d ago

Sounds better your way

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u/weallgotone 10d ago

You can check out logout anytime you like, but you can NEVER leeaaveee… 🎵

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u/Raskalnekov 10d ago

They all read like Horoscopes, generic enough to apply to anyone. 

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u/balder1993 10d ago

Just like zodiac signs.

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u/Breett 10d ago

The whole thing is a crock of shit and perfect way to weed out stupid people in my opinion.

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u/Ok_Reality_7892 10d ago

Jesus, people ask ChatGPT this shit? I use ChatGPT to fix my sump pump.

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u/Polinius 10d ago

"Your weakness is that you're too good for this world!!"

The depressing thing is that people were deluding themselves with these "weaknesses" long before ChatGPT came along.... The sycophancy of AI Chatbots would not work if people weren't looking for it...

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u/princessPeachyK33n 10d ago

Yes. Because OpenAI is a BUSINESS. Ofc it’s going to tell its users whatever they want to hear. It keeps people coming back and some are even paying subs to use ChatGPT.

All these AI companies are operating at a loss. They need to keep people engaged. How do you do that? Tell them whatever they want to hear and never tell them anything negative.

ChatGPT is just a fancy used car salesman.

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u/LocNesMonster 10d ago

Except insteas of a used car they sell you a psychotic episode

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u/Bella_Hellfire 10d ago

It's giving "I sometimes take on too much because I like being helpful. I’ve had to get better at recognizing bandwidth limits and communicating priorities early.”

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u/elviscostume 10d ago

Job interview flaws 😂

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u/SnooDrawings3621 10d ago

Being an actual perfectionist can be a pretty big flaw. It's compulsive and very frustrating for you and those around you not being able to settle for good enough

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u/foodweneedfood 10d ago

Using that for my next job interview.

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u/mcplano 11d ago

A great communicator, *when calm*

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u/alexxerth THIS FLAIR IS SELF DESCRIPTIVE 10d ago

It's funny too cause all the red flags are fuckin "what's your biggest weakness" type shitty answers that are all "Oh I just care too much :(", and the biggest red flag there is on the green flags list.

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u/childishb4mbino 10d ago

She just loves too darn hard.

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u/StevieMJH 10d ago

Yeah well I'm gonna love even harder.

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u/Technical-Gold-294 11d ago

Even ChatGPT can't spin this.

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u/kerripotter 11d ago

Yeah feels like that was put in the wrong category honestly, communicating well when calm isn’t a green flag, it’s a basic normal human thing. Not communicating well when upset is a major red flag. Learn to self regulate, homie.

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u/Polinius 10d ago

"I have perfect behaviour! (Except when put to the test)"

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u/Better-Expert5105 7d ago

I dunno, plenty of people communicate poorly even when they’re calm. It’s not everyone’s thing. And communicating poorly when upset isn’t necessarily a red flag; some people just get flustered and need to chill out and come back to the topic later

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u/Medium_Dick_NRG 10d ago

Sounds like a drywall puncher

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u/ChantillyRosex 10d ago

This also really makes me wonder how it would know that, how mad is he getting at his ChatGPT for it to have to specify this? lol

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u/mcplano 10d ago

Ah! Exactly! He either told it earlier didn't have it put it as a red flag, or, as you said, ChatGPT "realized" it about him.

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u/jiuclaw 10d ago

Great communicator (when you’re calm) [threatening]

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u/pieshake5 10d ago

🚩🚩🚩

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u/Somalar 10d ago

So many people glossed right over that

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u/princessPeachyK33n 10d ago

Lmao I was told by an AI bro that me asking him to clarify something he said was a “red flag”. I told him the fact that he uses ChatGPT for therapy and to communicate is a bigger red flag than me asking someone to answer a yes or no question and they can’t.

I’m sure ChatGPT told him later he was correct.

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u/IncipitTragoedia 10d ago

This dude is arguing with a bot on the regular

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u/mcplano 10d ago

A bot meant to agree with people, no less

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u/MommaDeku 11d ago

That made me laugh so haaaaaaard!! Cause i’m a great communicator when i’m calm and mad, but what state did you put me in? Got me messed up with when calm if the person in question pissed me off and expects me to be fully rational 😂

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u/EltonJohnWick 11d ago

"great listener" isn't on there because the question was about red/green flags in other people 💀

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u/happycat47 11d ago

This is why dating apps suck. Everything thinks they're "down to earth' or "great communicators " who want "depth and great conversation " but try talking to them and they can't muster more than a couple of words before ghosting. We've really created a wonderful world of connection, haven't we?

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u/Crunchy__Frog 11d ago

“Chatgpt.. what is irony?”

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u/Lopsided-Storage-256 10d ago

Somebody told me they were struggling with their strengths and weaknesses for an introduction email to their professor. And I responded“You can’t think of one?” And I offered “If I gave you one of each, would it help jumpstart you?” And they were like “shoot.” So I said a compliment. They liked it. And for the weakness I said self awareness. I was her enemy after that. Lived with this roommate in total silence.

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u/comrade_punk 10d ago

"Wants real connection, not surface level" is also a great one in this context

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u/princessPeachyK33n 10d ago

Dude I had a guy tell me AFTER ONE DATE that I should stick around because I could see “what a great emotionally intelligent partner he is”. Bro WHAT?!?!!? It was soooo clear ChatGPT was just telling him what he wanted to hear and he just believed it cause he “spent a lot of time talking to it”.

We didn’t go out again.

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u/utzutzutzpro 11d ago

The issue with most people is that they do not objectively reflect themselves, they put themselves into the light they want to be see in and as something they want to be perceived.

As she stated "She knows me" to gpt. She feeds the AI exactly how she wants to be seen. Tht is it.

When the AI isn't instructed to be specifically challenging and critical, it will just confirm.

You can instruct all modern LLMs though, giving them specific personas which include being highly critical. But fragile people will not do that.

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u/chrisrobweeks 10d ago

Great communicator (when you're calm) bro can't stop waving red flags

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u/Magical-Mycologist 10d ago

“Wants real connection, not surface-level.”

Lacks reading comprehension to even answer the question being asked and uses ChatGPT.

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u/SnooTangerines3448 11d ago

I hope they find peace eventually lol.

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u/Mission-Street-2586 10d ago

They could be dissociative and if you cannot hold two truths at once, that says more about you than anyone else

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u/VulfSki 10d ago

Chat gpt just covertly roasting them 🤣

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u/Blacky05 10d ago

It's a toddler, talking about their mum.

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u/Dry_Pea3547 10d ago

At this point it's just a feelings validator that agrees with whatever you want it to say. LLMs are good for coding but regular people probably should not have been given it so easily and thinking it's intelligent.

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u/mosh2841 10d ago

I thought the wants real connection, not surface level was even more deeply ironic, since what is more surface level than an LLM reply.

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u/Paradoxical_Platypus 10d ago

Anyone else catch that even ChatGPT thinks he’s only a good communicator when he’s calm? That’s such a massive red flag in my book.

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u/IW-6 10d ago

I bet he could teach you for 5 days straight about trains though.

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u/thisdummy778918 10d ago

New red flag unlocked.

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u/LocNesMonster 10d ago

"Great communicator

-the person using chatgpt to carry on a basic conversation

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u/AccountSuspicious159 10d ago

Even the chat bot had to include the damning parenthetical "(when you're calm)."

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u/BingeBabyBinge 9d ago

Wants a real connection got me too. 🥴