Finally, I Told ChatGPT To Write A Fake True Crime Story, And Here Are The Unexpected Results

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The first challenge arose as soon as I typed in the prompt.

The challenge was the definition of true crime.

True crime writing is a report of a real-life crime that has been committed. Thus, there can’t be a fake true crime story. It would be a paradox.

Here is what ChatGPT said;

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But I wasn’t going to give up on my quest that easily.

How About A Fake Crime Story?

Not fake, but fictional.

Remember, the AI will reject any prompt that insinuates it will take on a fake agenda.

So to write a believable fictional crime story, I asked ChatGPT to define what it thinks are aspects of the true crime genre.

Here’s what ChatGPT said;

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The best use of AI is to sort through what it generates as a response and make…