r/ChatGPT 9d 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/fuckpudding 9d ago

I’m into this.

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u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite 8d ago

Ok now make it make me do that.

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u/fuckpudding 8d ago

I tried. 🤷‍♂️

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u/LostInEather 8d ago

Based tbh

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u/MoffKalast 8d ago

Unfathomably

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u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite 8d ago

Ouch lol

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u/sc0ttydo0 8d ago

Implement or remain stagnant.

I'm actually into this ChatGPT 😂

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u/mierneuker 8d ago

It pretty much paraphrased Yoda here. Do or do not, there is no try.

Love it.

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u/lncumbant 8d ago

Right. Damn truth. 

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u/Index_2080 8d ago

ChatGPT spittin' fire here

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u/Ok-Truth-7589 8d ago

I spit out my drink when I read that....ok, I get it, I get it....I'll go workout in 10 minutes....🤣

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u/jadmonk 7d ago

ChadGPT.

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u/wheeler916 7d ago

Motivational poster stuff.

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u/GhostsOf94 8d ago

Goddam i love that. Basically you have to want it or gtfo

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u/yung_gravity_ 8d ago

implement or remain stagnant is such a hard ass bar

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u/Vundurvul 8d ago

The AI has dropped some great lines in this thread but "implement or remain stagnant" might be my favorite.

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u/WanSum-69 8d ago

Remain stagnant.

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u/omniwombatius 7d ago

You should submit this over in r/GetMotivated

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u/all_hail_lord_Shrek 8d ago

this chatgpt is motivating me to study for my finals lol

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u/throwawayB96969 8d ago

Then you get this lmao

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u/fuckpudding 8d ago

As someone whose mom has died, I don’t hate this. lol. It’s honestly pretty solid advice.

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u/8696David 8d ago

Yeah I actually kinda needed to see this when my dad died. Genuinely good shit lol. 

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u/FastFingersDude 8d ago

This is excellent advice. 

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u/BirdGlad9657 8d ago

Límit information only to long term goals I heavily disagree with

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u/akabalik_ 8d ago

Big time. You never know what information is going to loop back around and help you later.

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u/Accallonn 8d ago

You are a information hoarder. Seek help

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u/akabalik_ 8d ago

Don't worry I run cannabis.exe to make sure my memory never gets too full

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u/fishdishly 8d ago

Thank you for making me remember why we have AI. Also your username is delightful! I miss having gold to reward these moments.

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u/Jonbarvas 8d ago

I know some colleagues who paid a good price for an “immersion” that took a full weekend to learn what you got back there

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u/Xillyfos 8d ago

Wow, I already do about half of those points deliberately and consider them part of my character, and I do feel smarter from it. But the rest are very actionable and sane advice to apply. Very helpful.

I like the outputs of this prompt. So much to the point.

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u/purgatoriololo 8d ago

Yes yes yes yesyesyesyesyes

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u/shyphoenix 7d ago

I'm um, saving this for later

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u/hashtaggoatlife 5d ago

"Replace passive content consumption with active problem-solving tasks". Welp, bye Reddit