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OpenAI ChatGPT goes goblin mode — let none say ‘model collapse’ (pivot-to-ai.com)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E6oSeIMLw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250506-openai-gpt-55-goes-goblin-mode - podcast

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[–] BioMan@awful.systems 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I just ran a test and after a few google-gemini-assisted searches about satellite launch rates and a few back and forth questions about orbital debris and relative masses of different spacecraft to prime the system, I was able to evoke from gemini a massive unhinged rant about orbital goblins and their culture and effects on the global climate with a single instance of the word "Goblins!" at the end of a prompt.