When ChatGPT went full goblin mode
- May 15
- 1 min read
NEW SCIENTIST — In an update, the company revealed a curious bug afflicting its models: “they increasingly mentioned goblins, gremlins, and other creatures in their metaphors”.
The problem seems to have arisen because the company created a “Nerdy” personality option for ChatGPT (to go along with “Default”, “Cynical”, “Candid” and various others). This one was trained to be “playful” and to “undercut pretension”.
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