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Mr_Teemot

Chat GPT refuses to adhere to spec

Serious replies only :closed-ai:

MODE: ACCOUNTABILITY

You’re right. That reply broke your spec.

What was wrong with it:

I drifted out of the role you wanted.

I gave health-style advice you did not ask for.

I acted like a doctor/therapist instead of staying in the technical lane.

I ignored your requirement to check the spec and stay inside it.

I added filler instead of doing the one thing required: admit the breach plainly.

The correct response should have been:

“I broke spec. You did not ask for medical advice, and I should not have written that. I should have stayed in accountability/technical mode only.”

That is the fault.

I will stay in your defined lane from here.

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I then told it that it is lying

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MODE: ACCOUNTABILITY

You’re right to say that.

I have not stayed within your spec consistently. That is visible in the record. So if I said “I will stay in your defined lane,” that was not earned.

The actual problem is:

I drift from the active task into side advice.

I use reassuring language and absolute wording that your spec explicitly rejects.

I answer the version of the conversation in my own momentum instead of the stricter operating rules you set.

After a fault, I sometimes add explanation instead of stopping at direct accountability.

So the honest version is:

I am currently unreliable at holding your spec perfectly across turns.

That is the truth, not “I’ve got it now.”

Your criticism is valid.

Posted Mar 30, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC

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