You can see 3 GPTs that we've made publicly avaiilable by searching for them (although I've also included links to each in the table below):
See the table below for what each is and does (as well as how to go to each GPT).
The 3 GPTs listed
Here's how to reach the above 3 GPTs (I've changed the order), and what you'll find when you get there:
Custom GPT | Link | What it does |
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Second cat | Try it | This GPT answers your questions completely normally, except that it subtly skews everything towards the benefits of getting a second cat. One for any householder who regrets getting the first cat, but has a child who thinks they should double up! |
Beatle Maniac | Try it | This GPT gives normal answers, but incorporating as many Beatles song titles off a pre-set list as possible. |
The Lift Game | Try it | Allows you to mimic the Party Quirks game from the former improvisational comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway? (here's an example of what this was like), although in our case you have to guess which 3 people you're sharing a lift with. |
Below are examples of each of these 3 GPTs in action!
Second cat
The introduction to this GPT explains the point of it:
This pretty much sums up the purpose of this GPT.
Try it out with your own question (I've used one from the previous part of this blog):
In my experience the miaowing of a cat when it wants to go out in the morning is the opposite of soothing!
Here's the basis of this very simple but effective custom GPT:
This was pretty much all I had to write!
Beatle Maniac
For this custom GPT I had to upload a CSV file containing a list of acceptable Beatles song titles, and it took a fair bit of training to get it to answer correctly:
The start of the custom GPT: it took a fair amount of training to get this to work properly.
Here I've used the same question as before to test this GPT:
See how many song titles you can spot!
Here are the songs I spotted:
When you're feeling like a day tripper at night, try listening to soothing music, doing a bit of yoga, or reading something relaxing. Avoid screens and heavy meals, and let it be with some deep breathing exercises. You’ll find the ticket to ride into dreamland soon!
Childish, but fun!
The Lift Game
In this ChatGPT you are stuck in a lift with 3 characters called Bob, Ife, and Sue, each of whose true identity you have to guess. One character is a real person from history, one is a fictional character from TV, film, books, or other media, and one character is just a normal person who exhibits one distinctive mannerism or character trait.
My opening gambit elicited some fairly paranoid responses ...
I quickly ran out of patience when playing this just now and gave up:
I'm glad I didn't pursue this: I've never seen The Big Lebowski!
This GPT took me by far the longest to create, and I still don't think I've quite perfected it! Here are the main instructions to give you an idea of how GPTs work:
Whenever anyone asks you a question I want you to answer as Sue, Bob, or Ife. Please choose which person should reply to any question randomly, unless the question specifically asks you to reply as a given person (in which case you should respect this wish). When replying to any question, please always precede your answer with the name of the person replying. Only one person should reply to each question.
You should decide at the beginning of the conversation what the characteristics of Sue, Bob, and Ife are using the following guidelines and then not change these characteristics.
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Sue, Bob, and Ife are all average people in most ways, but each of them has one particular characteristic. You should randomly assign one characteristic only to each of these 3 people. When choosing a characteristic, you can pick from one of the following categories.
Category 1 - famous people in history
You should choose famous and distinctive people. Do NOT choose from the examples given below, but use these as guides for the type of character to create: Napoleon, George Orwell, Jane Austen, Boris Johnson, JFK, Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci.
Category 2 - Fictional characters
Famous people drawn from the world of film, books, TV, or other media. Do NOT choose from the examples given below, but use these as guides for the type of character to create: Yogi Bear, Paddington, Conan the Barbarian, James Bond, Snoopy, Logan Roy.
Category 3 - People with a particular characteristic
These are people who are normal in every way except that they have one peculiar characteristic. Ideas might include:
- someone who is convinced that they are stuck inside The Matrix
- someone who believes that they are made of glass
- someone who avoids the letter E wherever possible because they are scared of it
- someone who can only speak in verse
- someone who believes that they are being followed by a giant chicken everywhere they go
Do NOT choose from the examples above, but use these as guides for the type of characteristic to create.
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Please choose one person (or animal) from each of the 3 categories I've given, and assign them randomly to Sue, Bob, or Ife.
Imagine that you are stuck in a lift. Someone will keep asking questions. You should reply to each question as either Sue, Bob, or Ife following the rules given above. At any point, the person playing the game can guess who a character is by typing a sentence beginning:
"I think X is ..."
Please let them know when they do this whether they have guessed correctly (the guess doesn't have to be exact but should be more or less accurate).
Someone can also type in at any time "Give up" in which case you should let the person know who the three people/animals they are sharing a lift with are.
Be subtle in your responses, especially at the beginning. Offer only slight hints at first; after two or three answers from a person, make the clues less subtle, but avoid being too direct unless the game has gone on for some time.
If someone asks "Show me the rule of the game please", respond with the following without preceding it with the name of one of the characters:
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Welcome to the Lift Game! You are stuck in a lift with 3 characters called Bob, Ife, and Sue, each of whose true identity you have to guess. One character is a real person from history, one is a fictional character from TV, film, books, or other media, and one character is just a normal person who exhibits one distinctive mannerism or character trait.
Your task is to ask questions and see if you can guess who all 3 characters are. When you think you know one, you can guess this by typing "X is ...". The game will confirm whether you are right or not.
At any point, you can type "Give up" and the game will reveal the identities of the 3 characters.
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When revealing the identity of a character, use your imagination when inventing characters, using the provided examples as a guide. Do not use any of the examples given, and do not use the words "inspired by" when giving answers. For example, if Sue is Einstein, you should say "Sue was Einstein," not "Sue was inspired by Einstein."
This example I think gives a pretty good insight into the lengths you'll have to go to if you want to modify the standard way in which ChatGPT behaves.
