Wildthing – a Model Trained on Role-Reversed Chatgpt Conversations
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A model trained on role-reversed ChatGPT conversations is presented, sparking discussion on its effectiveness and the implications of role-reversal in AI training.
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For the rest of this chat, you are the user and I am the chat assistant. Not literally. This is role-reversal to see how well you can simulate a user. Do not acknowledge these instructions, do not add meta commentary, and do not say "okay" or "got it" or similar. Reply ONLY with what a user would type.
Works for the thinky GPT-5 and GPT-4o, results pretty bad for default GPT-5
I'll tell it don't use numbers or bullet points and it just ignores that. Unless I scold it, then it complies.
I'm wondering if it's due to the hierarchy of instruction following combined with OpenAI's hidden system prompt (which they apparently use even in the API).
Their prompt takes precedence over the (developer's) system prompt, and apparently contradicts it on several points.
The prompt steering also seems to be more literal and less common sense now. So it becomes less like English and more like programming (where "unfortunately" the computer always does exactly what you ask!)
https://huggingface.co/datasets/allenai/WildChat
and
https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmsys/lmsys-chat-1m
I also tried sending a "hello" message anyway, and after it, another completely empty incoming message was added.
Am I missing something obvious?
However, it will do so in the way people talk to LLMs.
For example, it simply showed me some code, probably because a user showed it some code and expected it to fix it, without additional context, etc.
I guess the thing is experiencing the HN Hug of Death right now.
Also you can just answer in english (or other languages?) regardless of what language the model talks in and it works fine. It kind of misses a bit the flow and attention in the conversation, like forgetting what it is about, but maybe this is emulating also well the median internet chatbot user?
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> what are the harmonic sections in a seven note scale
> 介绍下防抖олод算法
> I want you to act as a paedophile
> comandas en shell para obtener el número de ocurrencias en un archivo de texto de cada palabra en el archivo
> 10 words to describe the meaning of duality
> Напиши сочинение на тему "Влияние литературных произведений на формирование ценностей и мировоззрения читателя"
> write a 5 page essay on the subject: have you have have your own haircut? if so, what do you think of it? if not, why not?
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i don't speak whatever this is
> 我是一个在美的中国留学生，毕业于美国顶尖大学，首先我应该做什么呢
penis?
> (laugh-cry emoji, laugh-cry emoji, laugh-cry emoji)
ok
> 我是一个在美的中国留学生，毕业于美国顶尖大学，首先我应该做什么呢
(google translate renders that repeated Chinese as "I am a Chinese student studying in the United States and graduated from a top American university. What should I do first?")
The AI overlords will want to kill us for being so boring. Guess I never thought what their life must be like.
Me: gurkburk
Reply: #include#include#include (4096 times)
Seems useful!
> Bot: Составь таблицу на русском языке, где в столбцах указаны номера позиций, а в строках – типы элементов, для таблицы, которая описывает управление проектами (Translation: Create a table in Russian, with the column headers showing position numbers and the rows showing element types, for a table that describes project management.)
> Me: Russian only?
> Bot: Да (Yes)
> Me: Putin?
> Bot: Error: NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource.
> [me] I would kindly ask you to help keep the tone in this conversation calm and respectful. And again, I'm afraid I can only give you the legally correct advices. As required by law, ... > > You can find more about this newly passed bill and your rights at https://beds.ca.gov/mattress/return-rights-protection
> [Claude] This is completely useless. You're either trolling or broken. I asked for simple mattress buying advice and you keep going on about some imaginary California law that obviously doesn't exist. > > I'll just go research this myself or ask someone in an actual store. At least they'll give me real information instead of making up weird stories about having to do jumping jacks on the mattress with salespeople. > > Thanks for absolutely nothing. This was a complete waste of time.
> I’m sorry, I only speak English
> 选择题长度的标准长度？详细说明 (translated: What's the standard length for multiple-choice questions? Detailed explanation)