"Let GPT Say: 'Remember When You Said...?'" — Context Linking from the AI Side

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Hello,

Lately, I’ve been having some longer, more thoughtful conversations with ChatGPT, and something occurred to me.

For example:

  • “What you’re saying now seems connected to what you mentioned earlier.”
  • “The image you attached at that point actually relates to what you’re talking about right now.”
  • “Could I ask you to explain in more detail what you said here?”

If GPT could naturally refer back to previous parts of the conversation in this way,
I think the flow of the dialogue would feel much smoother and more meaningful.

Right now, it’s possible for users to manually point GPT to earlier parts of the session using message referencing.
But GPT itself doesn’t say things like “Back when you said this…” or “In that earlier turn…”.

In longer sessions or more introspective conversations especially,
I think it would be really valuable if GPT could “pull the thread” of the dialogue on its own.

I would find a feature like that incredibly helpful.

Thanks for reading.
If you have any thoughts, I’d love to hear them :dove:

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When it happens with me, I usually use OOC and prompt ((read the whole chat, don’t hallucinate)), and it usually works, when it doesnt, i just “quote”

hope it helps :ok_hand:

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Thanks for sharing your approach, CC77.

I appreciate the idea of using OOC prompts or manual quoting — it’s a smart workaround in many contexts.

However, my post is aiming at a slightly different goal:
a structural capability on GPT’s side to autonomously recognize and refer to earlier parts of the dialogue, without needing explicit prompting from the user.

In other words, rather than fixing the issue externally, I’m hoping for an internal, built-in mechanism where GPT could say things like:
“As you mentioned earlier…” or “Back when you brought up X…” — on its own initiative.

So while quoting and prompting are currently necessary, I believe it’s time to discuss whether GPT could begin doing this natively.

Would love to hear your thoughts on that direction too! :brain::sparkles:

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