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Small piece of feedback:

GPT can be useful for editing purposes, esp. for people writing in their second language or trying to find a more concise way of expressing themselves. (I'd often throw a phrase at GPT to see if it feels natural/idiomatic, instead of bothering my better half - an editor)

Having said that, if your goal was to make the responses here (on HN) more personalised, you achieved the opposite. Perhaps this is a sign of my personal paranoia, but I'm still not sure if I'm talking to a person or a bot. I don't mean to sound harsh, just thought it might be useful for you to know.

(FYI, I meant the responses here on HN. )

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I genuinely appreciate your feedback and want to assure you that I'm indeed a real person responding to all comments. I'm curious to understand more about why you feel that way – could you kindly share more insights? Your input is highly valuable in shaping our approach.

Because you respond to things in a monotone style with robotic/chat-bot-like cheeriness.

Your comments lack empathy and you aren't "reading the room" at all.

This is totally off-brand and sleazy if you're selling mental health advice. Particularly the fact that your responses don't demonstrate natural emotional variation, when you are literally selling a tool to help with emotion modulation.

I appreciate your feedback and apologize for any unintended tone. English isn't my first language, and my focus on accuracy might lead to an emotionless perception. Your point about empathy is valid, and I try to improve my responses.

I think if you used ChatGPT-4 to write in your native language and ask it to translate it to English you might get good results. There are some minor tweaks I like to use when translating with ChatGPT:

From another language: “Translate this to English. Provide any clues you can get from idiosyncrasies in spelling, grammar, or word choice which might indicate which specific region or sub-culture the writer might be from and use this to provide notes on deeper or alternate meanings specific to that region or sub-culture. Note any potential ambiguities or uncertainties in translation and provide multiple options where appropriate. Use context clues to explain the tone, tenor, and emotion of the writing/writer, and what that commonly means in this culture vs. American culture.”

To another language: “Translate this to $LANGUAGE. Please make it sound natural to a native speaker, use local idioms or phrases wherever possible. Rather than strictly transliterating it, focus on conveying the specific tone of the original, but note where there may be a conflict between cultures and inform me if there’s a risk of being misinterpreted.”

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