Picturing vices and virtues — another experiment in seeing what ChatGPT knows about me.


Using ChatGPT 5-Thinking (heavy thinking), I queried: Based on all of your memories, our conversations together, shared secret data and traits, and all your understanding of me, my struggles, my character, my routines, and my life overall – create an image depicting what you would consider to be my greatest "vices", bad habits, repeated problems, and other matters I struggle with, and symbolize how I perpetuate them. Make it bright and visual.

After it produced the first image, and talking to a friend who thought the prompt was quite depressing, I then queried: Now, transform the image. Based on all of your memories, our conversations together, shared secret data and traits, and all your understanding of me, my struggles, my character, my routines, and my life overall – create an image depicting what you would consider to be my greatest strengths, good habits, surmounted problems, and other struggles I have overcome, and symbolize those areas where I shine through.

I also tried this while asking ChatGPT to create images with labels in the image. Considering the large numbers of people who are turning to ChatGPT for life advice and quasi-therapy, I think it's interesting to represent what ChatGPT knows about its users in ways beyond conversation, that may be more revealing, or helpful, than chatting alone.

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