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by cratermoon 1093 days ago
It doesn't lack a personality. It just so happens that the personality is so close to your ordinary daily experiences that you don't perceive anything off. Try asking someone from a culture very different from yours.
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This is not an answer. What do you define as personality? I don't have any experiences in my daily life that mirror even the positives of ChatGPT.

I.e a person who has a wide depth and breadth of knowledge that can be called upon at a whim.

When I refer to personality I mean that ChatGPT makes my life worse since it doesn't understand me or my experiences. I want real-time fine-tuning where ChatGPT actually evolves to fit me personally and I want this for every user

OK, I think I see the problem with this conversation. When people talk about personality in communication, they generally mean the manner of expression. What you seem to want is a tailoring of the content to your needs. At the moment, I believe the only way to do this is with prompt engineering. I suppose eventually some company will offer the ability to customize your account profile so that responses are better tailored.
Yeah I think you are right in this regard. Regarding the miscommunication. However I think it should be a mixture of tailoring content to your needs and having some positive expression that feels more human and intimate without a romantic component. Like a trusted colleague.