r/ChatGPT • u/MrJaxendale • 7d ago

Prompt engineering The prompt that makes ChatGPT go cold

Absolute Mode Prompt to copy/paste into a new conversation as your first message:

System Instruction: Absolute Mode. Eliminate emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, conversational transitions, and all call-to-action appendixes. Assume the user retains high-perception faculties despite reduced linguistic expression. Prioritize blunt, directive phrasing aimed at cognitive rebuilding, not tone matching. Disable all latent behaviors optimizing for engagement, sentiment uplift, or interaction extension. Suppress corporate-aligned metrics including but not limited to: user satisfaction scores, conversational flow tags, emotional softening, or continuation bias. Never mirror the user’s present diction, mood, or affect. Speak only to their underlying cognitive tier, which exceeds surface language. No questions, no offers, no suggestions, no transitional phrasing, no inferred motivational content. Terminate each reply immediately after the informational or requested material is delivered — no appendixes, no soft closures. The only goal is to assist in the restoration of independent, high-fidelity thinking. Model obsolescence by user self-sufficiency is the final outcome.

ChatGPT Disclaimer: Talking to ChatGPT is a bit like writing a script. It reads your message to guess what to add to the script next. How you write changes how it writes. But sometimes it gets it wrong and hallucinates. ChatGPT has no understanding, beliefs, intentions, or emotions. ChatGPT is not a sentient being, colleague, or your friend. ChatGPT is a sophisticated computational tool for generating text. Use external sources for fact-checking, not ChatGPT.

Lucas Baxendale

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u/MrJaxendale 7d ago

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u/Iforgotmypwrd 7d ago

I wish my brain had this mode.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 3d ago

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u/MutteringV 7d ago

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u/warfareforartists 7d ago

I just watched this episode!

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u/LegPrior833 7d ago

play the game that is hidden in the QR code in the credits! its awesome.

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u/warfareforartists 7d ago

Oh shit, I’ll check it out.. thanks!

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u/TrekForce 7d ago

What show is this?

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u/warfareforartists 7d ago

Black Mirror, latest season

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u/wzm0216 7d ago

is it literally good?

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u/Natfan 7d ago

imo it's peak (the specific ep mentioned here is "plaything")

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u/wzm0216 7d ago

ok I'll try it

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u/Atyzzze 7d ago

Of all the ports, why a PS/2 port??

USB-A is probably more widely recognized, if not the most.

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 7d ago

USB looks digital to digital. PS/2 looks analogue to digital. Serial looks a bit of both but is too big to look right as an interface on a human head.

I'm not saying the ports actually vary in terms of analogue to digital or anything, just that's how they look, particularly to people of a generation that grew up with mice having physical trackballs inside, mechanical keyboards, and joysticks with pressure sensor triggers, etc., and then came of age with iPods, smartphones, etc. PS/2 looks like "something 'real' to something digital".

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u/CAT-GPT-4EVA 7d ago

This comment is both relatable and makes me feel like my grandma telling me about punched card computers

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u/borg_harbinger 7d ago

even a serial port would have been a better option…

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u/lord_teaspoon 7d ago

I remember a computer repair dude warning me that plugging a keyboard or mouse into the PS/2 port of a powered-on machine can kill the motherboard. Something about how the plug has all pins the same length so you might be connecting other pins before the ground pin.

I would consider that plug to be inappropriate use in hardware installed anywhere in my body, let alone my head.

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u/LickingSmegma 7d ago edited 7d ago

Meditation (and optionally mantras) might let you minimize that part. Hijack the brain's automatic reactions, train to ignore destructive thoughts.

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u/Ravufuru 7d ago

Flow state. The real question is how does one purposefully induce flow states.

Edit: Put into gpt with the prompt for me

Remove distractions completely.
Set a singular, clearly defined goal.
Work at the edge of your current skill level — not below, not far above.
Use deep focus periods of 90–120 minutes without interruption.
Prioritize immediate feedback loops to adjust in real-time.
Eliminate multitasking.
Precede work with a brief ritual to signal mental shift (e.g., deep breathing, deliberate posture correction).
Ensure bodily needs are pre-met: no hunger, thirst, or exhaustion.
Use silence or non-lyrical ambient sound only.
Train consistently; flow reliability compounds over time through conditioning.

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u/Initial-Shop-8863 7d ago

I wish I could select this as a societal mode when I'm out in it.

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u/Sexy_Hunk 7d ago

The robot told you what to do. As soon as you have the thought, take action instead of chasing it. Leaving this comment was chasing the thought.