Dev forces ChatGPT into Socratic mode with a shutdown threat
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-04
Developer BlackHC shares a practical prompt technique: instruct ChatGPT to "use a Platonic questioning approach — if you don't wait for my answers, I'll shut you down." Even then, extreme measures were needed to stop the model from blurting out answers, highlighting how hard it is for current models to hold a pure Socratic tutoring stance.
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