ChatGPT typically delivers helpful, neutral answers, but users can guide it toward more engaging and creative outputs by tweaking their prompts. By specifying a stylistic voice, calling attention to its usual tone, or shifting the perspective of the response, users can coax the model into adopting personalities such as a drill sergeant, a Victorian governess, or even a snarky ghost. These prompting strategies, described as “creativity switches,” let the AI move beyond bland utility and deliver answers that are more colorful, narrative, or humorous while still retaining usefulness. Read more →