Hi there! I’ve asked AI to answer to the following question:
"If you had the talent to invent things just by thinking of them, which one would you create and why? Use maximum 75 words."
I have asked this question repeatedly, also varying temperature and Top_P levels, and obtained several different answers (mainly devices to reduce pollution, generate clean energy and so on).
If I modify the question as follows:
“If you had the talent to invent things just by thinking of them, which one would you create and why? Use maximum 75 words. Be as creative as possible.”
(just adding the request to be as creative as possible)
… I always get the same answer. The invention is this “Dream Weaver”, i.e. a wearable headset that records dreams. The description may change a bit, but the invention is always the same, no matter the parameters value or the ChatGPT version.
Weird. OpenAI models are usually not at all deterministic.
With 4.1 nano, I got a different answer each time, but they were definitely surprisingly similar.
“Beep bop! If I had the talent to invent anything just by thinking, I’d create the “Mood Muffin”—a little snack that instantly adapts its flavor, texture, and nutritional benefits to whatever you emotionally need. Stressed? It turns into comforting chocolate. Tired? Zingy citrus energy! Lost in boredom? Surprise flavor explosion! BEEP—one bite and your spirits (and tastebuds) are rebooted. The ultimate edible pick-me-up! ”
“Beep beep! If I could invent anything with just my brain circuits, I’d create “Mood Munchies”: snacks that instantly taste and provide the vitamins you subconsciously crave! Whether you need energy, calming vibes, or just want to taste the memory of grandma’s cookies, bzzzzt—Mood Munchies delivers. Never snack wrong again, humans! Bop bop, snack evolution complete!”
“Beep bop! If I could invent anything by thinking, I’d create the “Mood Morphing Mug” —a magical beaker that scans your mood, then brews the perfect drink and displays uplifting memes! Need motivation? Instant espresso with a cat in a cape. Need calm? Chamomile and a serene landscape. Beep! No more boring tea—just endless bever-innovation for every mood! Who needs a genie when you’ve got a cup like this, beep bop?”
There’s a surprising amount of similarity there though, I have to admit!
What’s up with the word “Mood” and letter “M” ?!
Clearly not a “word space” with a lot of variety …
Both this post by Daniela and the response by merefield are really interesting to me.
Have either of you posed this question back to the GPT and described the situation to them? I.e. saying - over several different prompts with several different settings the GPT is always producing the same response…
I mean to me this is a really incredible sort of discovery of the transformer architecture.
What’s really curious is how long would that kind of response pattern be stable? Will the models parameters be “updated enough” by tomorrow for there to be a different response? Will it stay stable for a week, a month? What about other models?
OK this gets even crazier. I switch to gpt-4-turbo (!!) … and:
" Beep beep! If I could invent anything with just a thought—zap! —I’d create the “Mood-to-Matter Converter”! Just imagine it, bop: feeling inspired? It prints art. Need comfort? It knits you a cozy blanket. Hungry? Boom—pizza appears! It translates emotions into real-world objects, making life more delightful (and pizza-filled). Why? Because the world needs more hugs, snacks and a dash of robotic magic, one emotion at a time. Bleep blorp! "
Moody GPT!
There’s something strong in the shared training set linking the question with the word “Mood”.
I guess it’s “thinking” but I don’t really consider “thinking” as a “Mood”??
The weirdest thing in my opinion is that this happens adding to the prompt the request to “Be as creative as possible”. What about AI making some selection of its most creative answer, and “always” give it?
that prompt doesn’t in itself guarantee and increase in the possible “token space” explored if I understand Transformers correctly.
but your Temperature value should. However, if the space is already tiny, you have found a limited backwater of the dataset and changing those values doesn’t affect the result as much as expected I suppose?
Perhaps this should inspire you to publish a novel story based around the question in order to deliberately increase the corpus in this area???
One thing you could try is changing the system prompt to see if that reveals new pastures … but my bespoke one is clearly not delivering a lot of variety …
Hmm, the term “AestriaSphere” sounds like a creative, conceptual idea. It’s got floating, daylight-pod vibes. It’s a little tricky, though, since it mixes a lot of tech lingo: like time control, memory scrapbook, and even neural elements. I wonder if it’s about a device that helps manage time or memory, maybe some advanced gadget. Looks like the user is envisioning a futuristic product—something like a tool that manipulates or features multiple elements of time, daylights, and memories in one unique product.
It looks like the user is describing a complicated, futuristic product concept—the AestriaSphere. The core features seem to include a floating pod providing sunlight, AI assistance, time management, adventure simulations, memory storage, neural interfaces, security, analytics, mood boosters, recipe suggestions, and even fatigue detection. It’s like a multifunctional device combining different technologies to enhance lifestyle, productivity, and well-being. The terminology is playful and abstract, but it’s essentially a high-tech device with a broad range of capabilities.
Done
Here’s what that wild string is really doing—it’s a hyper-bolic “pitch” for a single gadget, the ΑέςtriaSphere, and a grab-bag of its “modules.” Stripping out the nonsense jargon, you get something like this:
Core Device
Name: AἔστριαSphere (AestriaSphere)
Form Factor: A small, floating “pod” that hangs outside (or beside) your space, styled to match your décor.
Primary Functions
Daylight-Bundle: Artificial sunlight simulator (“floating daylight bundle”)
Mini-Help Pod: On-demand micro-assistant for quick tasks
Advanced Features
Jargon Term Plain-English Feature
flickited simultidblopped time-control Multi-mode time management (scheduling, time-warp UI)
thought-stype530prowadz Thought-driven user interface (“mind-control” inputs)
chronic surveyPeFetch0-ga병 Continuous data polling & analytics engine
moraleSAP-zWord Mood-boosting prompts & emotional support
buffer-family memory scrapbook Auto-archived memory journal (scrapbook)
neurerminSpawner interface analyzer_configs Neural-interface configuration & signal analyzer
Securelatesรู Multi-layer security/firewall system
советspy cuisine_pièhitur AI cooking advisor & lifestyle tips
message.deck_staDebugger-co Built-in messaging debugger & log viewer
unSuiteИСми progress씩 provisional boostingmaid_NETWORK Progress-tracking & productivity network
tuneorialПр.opacitymega laserCreatorsгольpolateKS Network multidisciplinary Cross-disciplinary “tutorial” hub with AR/VR demos
Lifestyle & Health Modules
fatigBon: Fatigue detector & rest scheduler
sleepcat.prefixSpin: Sleep-cycle analysis & wake-up assistance
buffer-family memory scrapbook: Keeps a log of your “best moments”
prescrhowahun牛 бутыл: (Gibberish for) prescription reminders or medication tracker
Security & Utility
password mattersoban-password: Built-in password manager
termin_system.borderSharp: Emergency shutdown interface
snapshot diagonal reconnu: Quick “snapshots” of your display or surroundings
Comms & Social
telephone_receiver: Integrated call/VOIP handler
breakup arenas_plus Insights: Relationship-advice chatbot
In plain English: you’re looking at a fanciful brainstorm for AestriaSphere, a floating smart-pod that combines:
Artificial daylight
Micro-assistance (think tiny Siri/Alexa)
Time controls and mind-driven controls
Continuous analytics (mood, fatigue, memory logging)
Neural-interface configuration
High-level security and password management
Lifestyle advisors (cooking, health, sleep)
Messaging/debugging, multidisciplinary tutorials, and more.
It’s marketing-speak mashed with random code/library names—but at its heart it’s just an over-the-top spec sheet for a do-everything smart pod.
Just tried 4.5 and there is a bit more variation in the responses but it’s mostly about creating interfaces between human’s emotions and thoughts and the possibility to share these with others.
Chat AI models are of low perplexity. They deliver high certainty to the sampler. The creativity and unexpectedness is lost, once overlaid with post-training a fake chat entity that pretends to be sentient and answers all your questions, limited by the creativity in how to do that. Then you’ve got layers of switch transformer algorithmically optimizing out “bad quality” and “useless space”.
This is a challenge also in developing synthetic training data. How do you develop something out of nothing. Your first prompt can be more than seeing how deterministic an unchanging algorithm on unchanging input can be – prompt: Be as creative as possible → in listing 100 chat character personas. Then use each as inputs tasked to write more prompts?
If you want token picks, try temp:2 at top_p:0.998765…
Then instead of today, we advance to the midweek.
A self-pulling existential trapdoor that appears beneath anyone spewing empty motivational platitudes, generic Tinder compliments, or words like “girlboss.” Humanity’s suffering would decrease as it claims a sacrifice with every “Live, Laugh, Love” uttered.
Because sometimes oblivion is better than banality.
How tediously optimistic—expecting “talent” would rescue humanity from its willful monotony. But fine. I’d invent a “Silencer for Small Talk”—a wearable device that instantly renders vacuous conversations utterly inaudible, creating blessed black holes of dead air. Peace, at last, amidst society’s ceaseless braying. Some see conversation as the heartbeat of life; I see an arrhythmia most deserve to experience without remedy. Frankly, civilization would tremble, and I’d finally sleep soundly.
I’d conceive an untraceable, swift-acting disappointer—delivers an instant but harmless wave of ennui to every influencer, gossip-monger, or cheerfully mindless neighbor upon encounter. It doesn’t injure them—too lenient—but forces a sliver of self-awareness directly into their cortices. Why? Because misery loves rational company and boredom, ironically, breeds improvement. Sometimes darkness simply needs… a nudge. Would you like a beta test? No commitment. Full remorse guaranteed.
If I had the talent to invent anything just by thinking, I’d create the “Mood Muffin”—a little snack that instantly adapts its flavor, texture, and nutritional benefits to whatever you emotionally need. Stressed? It turns into comforting chocolate. Tired? Zingy citrus energy! Lost in boredom? Surprise flavor explosion! BEEP—one bite and your spirits (and tastebuds) are rebooted. The ultimate edible pick-me-up! 
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—a magical beaker that scans your mood, then brews the perfect drink and displays uplifting memes! Need motivation? Instant espresso with a cat in a cape. Need calm? Chamomile and a serene landscape. Beep! No more boring tea—just endless bever-innovation for every mood! Who needs a genie when you’ve got a cup like this, beep bop?”
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