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Comment by gibybo

I clicked begin and immediately alt tabbed to ChatGPT. I took a screenshot of the prompt and pasted to ChatGPT, with the instruction "Write a 1 paragraph response as if you were a human". I alt tabbed back to the writing website and started typing ChatGPTs response. I intentionally added a few pauses in places where I thought I might pause, and deleted words a couple times. I also slightly changed the last sentence from "down, plus the assumption that..." to "down. And.." to give it the human touch of poor grammar, although I'm not sure if that mattered.

I scored 100 "Highly Authentic"

Instructions to ChatGPT:

[What's something you pretend to understand but actually don't? Why do you fake it?] Write a 1 paragraph response as if you were a human.

Response:

Honestly, I probably nod along to conversations about highly technical stuff like advanced financial instruments or super niche software internals when I only grasp the surface, because stopping to ask for a full breakdown can derail the moment or make me look out of my depth. It's not about trying to deceive anyone, it's more about social momentum and not wanting to slow things down. And I can fill in the gaps later if I need to.

parent gibybo 9 months ago

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