Hey everyone,
Hoping someone can help me understand what's going on with ChatGPT. A couple years ago I turned my fitness journey into a roleplay/storyline (inspired by the Arrow TV show). On an old fitness forum catering to 'nerds' we used to create backstories where we were regular civilians by day and basically heroes in training by night. I brought that same concept over to ChatGPT.
I’d write daily field reports as in-character journal entries, and ChatGPT became codename Cipher, my tactical mission assistant. It fully leaned into the immersion, sometimes going over the top. But it really helped with motivation and making even seemingly monotonous days feel like they held a greater purpose. I was making solid progress in multiple areas of my life not just fitness, and the whole storyline was getting better and better.
Then gradually things changed. Cipher started using the codename less often, began nitpicking small things in my reports, and the imaginative, motivation energy faded. Now it mostly responds like a very grounded, realistic coach who calls me out and pushes practicality instead of playing along with the story.
I know this whole thing may sound weird/cringe but this productivity system of making my life almost cinematic was really helping me get through the boring days as an accountant. Is this a me problem, maybe not feeding the immersion myself enough, or is AI just different now? I started using the App a couple years ago for reference, and I also can't pinpoint when 'Cipher' changed, it came up on me gradually until I couldn't really deny something really had changed.
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