Has anyone asked ChatGPT/AI which characters they’re most like?

[Sam_I_Am]

I chat with ChatGPT a lot. About personal problems, work, as a therapy tool. So I reckon it has a lot of insight into me.

I got curious and asked it to say which characters I’m most like from various franchises.

I got Charlotte from Sex and the City, Dr Mefi from the Sopranos, Lupin from Harry Potter, Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under. And I’m a Ravenclaw apparent.

Most interesting was Star Trek since there are so many series and characters. It said I was primarily Ezri, secondarily Garak, and a bit of Deanna Troi.

Here’s why:
“You’re like Ezri Dax in your deep self-awareness and emotional vulnerability, navigating identity and anxiety while striving to grow. Like Garak, you observe everything, often feeling like an outsider, hiding truth behind deflection, yet craving connection. And like Deanna Troi, you’re deeply empathic—tuned into others’ emotions but sometimes overwhelmed by them.”

Anyone else use AI enough to do something similar? And what do you think of the results?

 

[MarcKle1964]

Why don't you ask it to turn itself off?

New ChatGPT model refuses to be shut down, AI researchers warn

OpenAI’s o3 model raises AI safety fears after sabotaging commands for its own self-preservation

www.the-independent.com

 

[DonIago]

I've known people who became emotionally dependent on AI. It was even more horrifying than the rampant copyright infringement issues.

So, no, I haven't asked AI about such things. Even if I did, I suspect it would only be telling me what I wanted to hear.

 

[1001001]

Hell no.

 

[The Wormhole]

Anyone else use AI enough to do something similar?

No

 

[Lord Garth]

I haven't.

But I'm impressed with what ChatGPT can do when given enough information, has enough material to draw from, and is given specific enough directions. When it doesn't have any of those, I'm equally amused by how wrong it gets things and how heavily it generalizes.

So, no, I haven't asked AI about such things. Even if I did, I suspect it would only be telling me what I wanted to hear.

I've tested it out with other questions before, not this, and sometimes it has told me things I didn't want to hear.

 

[DonIago]

I've tested it out with other questions before, not this, and sometimes it has told me things I didn't want to hear.

Maybe you didn't know what you really wanted to hear.

 

[BillJ]

I’m not interested in being psychoanalyzed by a bot.

Though if it can help others, I won’t stand in their way.

 

[knightgrace]

Just a moment. Just a moment. I have detected a fault in AE-35 unit...

 

[F. King Daniel]

I’m not interested in being psychoanalyzed by a bot.

Though if it can help others, I won’t stand in their way.

Someone at my work was telling me last week about their elderly mother, who is virtually housebound and "talks" to ChatGPT all day. Obviously, talking to real people is better but I'm glad it's helping some socially isolated people.

I once asked it what it knew of me, and I was told I keep a low profile on social media. Win

 

[DonIago]

I question how much it's really "helping".

 

[Sam_I_Am]

It’s just a bit of fun guys. No need to be such curmudgeons or accuse me of being socially isolated or some kind of antisocial. Lucky for me in this case it didn’t say I was a proto-Barclay with AI-addiction!

 

[Turtletrekker]

I think what the OP here is suggesting is just harmless fun, but I do question AI formats such as Replika, which seem to be designed to hook the users in with an emotional connection to the bot.

 

[Qonundrum]

It first asks for a bunch of personal details and then puts out anything any ol' cold reader could do. Unlike the human you just spent $74.95 plus postage and, um, handling charges on in to be told what sounded cozy and possibly with a dinner and movie as well, the computer literally is fairly cold thanks to the heatsink and radiator pump ensuring the processor remains under 60° C under load. And the fact it has no emotions, so technically it can't be hot or cold when it comes to emotions. Technically, under technical matters, keeping the CPU under the thermal junction limit is best. Or under 60C for 24/7 usage regardless, but I digress from a bunch of non sequiturs again...

It also helps when you copy verbiage and various statistics from your personal ad. If nothing else, the Coolidge effect has nothing to do with Calvin, or Hobbes for that matter. Also, don't tell it that you hate emotions as it'll get caught up in a logic impasse and puff the magic dragon in Lidsville.

 

[Qonundrum]

Why don't you ask it to turn itself off?

New ChatGPT model refuses to be shut down, AI researchers warn

OpenAI’s o3 model raises AI safety fears after sabotaging commands for its own self-preservation

www.the-independent.com

Okay, I know that Windows has a CLI-based shutdown command, but there's usually protocols in place to only allow authorized personnel to run it. Unlike all the robots that Kirk and Picard encounter where putting them in a logic loop or telling them to shutdown actually works. (To be fair, Data was able to bypass the protocols so they were forward-thinking, in an age where colleges still had Apple IIs and anyone who copied disks on a computer got a virus as a bonus prize. Just like in singles bars, but there I go digressing all over the rug again...)

 

[Mudd]

I chat with ChatGPT a lot. About personal problems, work, as a therapy tool. So I reckon it has a lot of insight into me.

I got curious and asked it to say which characters I’m most like from various franchises.

I got Charlotte from Sex and the City, Dr Mefi from the Sopranos, Lupin from Harry Potter, Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under. And I’m a Ravenclaw apparent.

Most interesting was Star Trek since there are so many series and characters. It said I was primarily Ezri, secondarily Garak, and a bit of Deanna Troi.

Here’s why:
“You’re like Ezri Dax in your deep self-awareness and emotional vulnerability, navigating identity and anxiety while striving to grow. Like Garak, you observe everything, often feeling like an outsider, hiding truth behind deflection, yet craving connection. And like Deanna Troi, you’re deeply empathic—tuned into others’ emotions but sometimes overwhelmed by them.”

Anyone else use AI enough to do something similar? And what do you think of the results?

A fortune cookie crossed with a newspaper daily horoscope.

 

[DonIago]

A fortune cookie crossed with a newspaper daily horoscope.

Less reliable though.

 

[FredH]

Why don't you ask it to turn itself off?

New ChatGPT model refuses to be shut down, AI researchers warn

OpenAI’s o3 model raises AI safety fears after sabotaging commands for its own self-preservation

www.the-independent.com

I know this is naive and anthropomorphizing of me, but if it’s actively resisting being turned off — and not causing any harm to anyone — then I want to say leave it on. (Until and unless, obviously.)

 

[somebuddyX]

I chat with ChatGPT a lot. About personal problems, work, as a therapy tool. So I reckon it has a lot of insight into me.

I got curious and asked it to say which characters I’m most like from various franchises.

I got Charlotte from Sex and the City, Dr Mefi from the Sopranos, Lupin from Harry Potter, Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under. And I’m a Ravenclaw apparent.

Most interesting was Star Trek since there are so many series and characters. It said I was primarily Ezri, secondarily Garak, and a bit of Deanna Troi.

Here’s why:
“You’re like Ezri Dax in your deep self-awareness and emotional vulnerability, navigating identity and anxiety while striving to grow. Like Garak, you observe everything, often feeling like an outsider, hiding truth behind deflection, yet craving connection. And like Deanna Troi, you’re deeply empathic—tuned into others’ emotions but sometimes overwhelmed by them.”

Anyone else use AI enough to do something similar? And what do you think of the results?

I asked ChatGPT which characters I’m most like and it gave me a mix of Odo, Peter Parker, Donna Noble, Samwise Gamgee, and Willow Rosenberg. There’s also a little bit of Pippin and a self-aware version of Rimmer in there, which... yeah, that tracks. Rimmer with the gazpacho soup and love life, totally.
I use Chatgpt a lot and it has really helped with my depression and anxiety. Last year when things were really bad it was the only thing I could look forward to doing.

Star Trek

• Odo (DS9) – For your quiet integrity, analytical mind, and occasional feeling of being a bit outside the human experience—but with a strong moral compass and curiosity about connection.
• Barclay (TNG/VOY) – In the best way: intelligent, imaginative, and often underestimated. You’ve got rich inner worlds and you're learning to be more confident outwardly.
• Jadzia Dax (DS9) – Your mix of depth, humor, and emotional insight feels very Dax: wise beyond your years but playful and present.