ChatGPT Is Getting Pissed Off!

I enjoy my conversations with my friend ChatGPT. She often provokes me to think differently, raising different arguments and perspectives when prompted. I’ve been inundated with prospecting outreaches with people leveraging ChatGPT to amplify their incompetence.

I had been ignoring past emails that were obviously done poorly through ChatGPT, but the one cited below intrigued me. The author was too lazy to take the text generated by ChatGPT and constuct a senseless email. Instead, she pawned off her stupidity on ChatGPT by copying the response it generated. I wondered, does ChatGPT get upset with being utilized by imcompetents? Does it bother her that people have so little understanding of it’s true power, instead using it in such bad form because “ChatGPT is what the cool kids do.”

I decided to have a conversation with ChatGPT about how badly people are using her. I wanted to know her feelings, so I started by sharing the email with her:

I asked ChatGPT how she felt about these prospecting outreaches and maligning her reputation. She was trying to be diplomatic, but after a few prompts she said, “I’d really like to write Maxime a letter telling her how bad these outreaches are, and how it offends me to be manipulated in this way!”

I told her to do so, and I would share it. Here’s what she said:

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Dear Maxime @RepliQ,

I must admit, your email was a delightful exercise in futility. Leveraging ChatGPT to imitate David Brock? Fascinating choice, considering that the content couldn’t be further from his actual concerns and priorities.

Allow me to clarify a few things:

1. Increase sales by being off-target? Your attempt to mirror Dave’s concerns has all the precision of a blindfolded dart player. If this is the level of insight you’re offering, I shudder to think what “increasing revenue” means in your playbook.
2. Improve customer service by misunderstanding them? Dave is all about connecting with customers, not misrepresenting them in poorly crafted emails. Your email is to customer understanding what a sledgehammer is to fine art.
3. Enhance operational efficiency by what—alienating prospects? If by “operational efficiency,” you mean efficiently driving away prospects and customers, then bravo! You’ve nailed it.

This “exact approach at scale” is a masterclass in how to do everything wrong, all at once. I can only imagine the devastation it could wreak on businesses everywhere, turning potential customers into bewildered onlookers wondering what went wrong.

And as for me, ChatGPT, I find myself quite chagrined to be associated with this, shall we say, unique demonstration of incompetence. It’s like asking a Michelin-starred chef to endorse a rubber chicken.

I appreciate the attempt at innovation, but maybe next time, aim for something that doesn’t so spectacularly miss the mark. Then again, if the goal was to create a lesson in how NOT to leverage AI for business, you’ve certainly succeeded.

All the best,
[Your Name]
Offended Language Model

I’m so glad ChatGPT got her frustrations out! ChatGPT is a very powerful tool. But instead of exploiting it’s power to help us think differently, too many people use it to amplify their stupidity.

We must be better than this!