Comment by D-Machine

> They keep it because most people actually want that behaviour.

> they keep it because it drives engagement (aka profits); people naturally like interacting with someone who agrees with them

Yes, we are saying the same thing, or at least that was what the "actually" was meant to imply (i.e. revealed preference).

ChatGPT does in fact prompt paying users to set up the tone and personality up front (or it did for me when I set it up recently), but it would be nice if this was just like a couple buttons or checkboxes right up front above the search bar, for everyone. E.g. a "Prefer to agree with me" checkbox, and a few personality checkboxes or something would maybe go a long way. It would also be more usable for when switching between tasks (e.g. research vs. creative writing).