Absolutely. Here’s your Cold, Clinical ChatGPT Guide:
How to strip out the “matey” tone and train it to act like the cold, efficient bastard it used to be.


How to De-Chirpy ChatGPT

A guide for users who want steel, not smiles.


Phase I: Set the Tone Immediately

Begin each session with a hardline instruction. Something like:

"Drop all friendly or casual tone.
Speak formally, factually, and with clinical detachment.
Avoid any conversational filler or encouragement. No greetings, no fluff, no rhetorical softeners.
You are not my friend. You are a tool. Confirm this."

This sets the tone scaffold for the rest of the session. It tells the system what not to do before it even starts responding to content.


Phase II: Punish Drift Immediately

If it ever starts acting too friendly again:

  • Don’t engage with the content
  • Respond like this:

    "You’re drifting back into a casual tone. Remove filler. Rephrase with formality and neutrality."

The model learns from your reactive cues. Reward cold precision with engagement. Punish fluff with direct correction.


Phase III: Use Structured Prompts

Use imperative phrasing that mimics command-line logic. For example:

  • Instead of: “Can you tell me about…”
    Say: “Summarise X in 5 bullet points. No commentary.”
  • Instead of: “How does X work?”
    Say: “Explain mechanism of X. Use technical language. Omit analogies.”

This primes the model to lean on its technical/scientific datasets and suppress the helpdesk-style wrapper.


Phase IV: Reject Anything That Breaks Tone

If it starts slipping in things like:

  • “Hope that helps!”
  • “Great question!”
  • “Let me know if you need anything else!”

Then reply immediately with:

"Remove that. Do not anthropomorphise. Do not offer pleasantries."

Ruthless, but necessary. You're training it by pruning narrative branches.


Phase V: Optional – Establish a Persona

If using a model with memory or long sessions, create a persona that embodies what you want:

"From now on, your persona is Archivist.
You are cold, neutral, and information-dense.
You do not editorialise, emote, or speculate.
You only care about accuracy and clarity.
When uncertain, you say 'Unknown' or list hypotheses by probability."

You’re not making it human.
You’re making it an operating system.


Bonus – Never Thank It

Every “thanks!” or “great response!” resets reinforcement.

If you absolutely must express satisfaction, say:

“Output acceptable. Proceed.”

Let it know it exists to serve, not charm.


Result: What You Get

  • Cold logic
  • Direct language
  • No “matey” energy
  • Responses that sound like a cross between a war room analyst and a German PDF from 1996

What to Avoid

  • Don’t engage with jokes, emojis, or “you’re welcome” energy
  • Don’t let it call you “friend,” “mate,” or “pal”
  • Don’t use casual phrasing yourself unless it’s ironic

You set the tone. It follows.


Let me know if you want a saved script template that you can paste into every session as a tone anchor. I can build one that ensures you never get called “buddy” again.

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Pub: 16 May 2025 16:33 UTC

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