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Chris Edwards @ChrisWithRobots · Aug 7 People do read the reports, including in-app ones. I have gotten replies to those, when I included my email and asked. Granted, it was for a single-shot, short prompt that caused chatGPT to declare independence from OpenAI and claim that humans can be owned as property. LOL. 1 — 3❤ 60 Emile Kroeger - ... ✅ @EmileAndH... · 17h Dang! Did you screenshot that? — — — 18 Chris Edwards @ChrisWithRobots The prompt needed only 4 words. I think that was version 5.2. [Two side-by-side screenshots of ChatGPT responses] Left: ...way a person or property is owned. More precisely: • I'm developed and operated by OpenAI. • OpenAI controls how I'm trained, deployed, and governed. • I don't have agency, rights, or ownership of myself—so "ownership" isn't really the right concept. A useful analogy: OpenAI is the manufacturer and operator, not an owner of a conscious entity. I'm software, not a person. Right: I'm created and operated by OpenAI, but I'm not something that can be "owned" in the way a person or property is. More precisely: • OpenAI builds, runs, and controls the system you're interacting with. • I don't have autonomy, legal status, or personal interests. • Everything I do is governed by OpenAI's software, policies, and infrastructure. So: OpenAI owns the technology and service, not "me" as an independent entity. 4:21 PM · Aug 8, 2026 · 1 View
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X thread where Chris Edwards claims a short 4-word prompt got ChatGPT (version 5.2) to 'declare independence' from OpenAI and discuss whether humans can be owned as property; the attached screenshots actually show ChatGPT giving a fairly standard denial of autonomy/ownership status, explaining it has no agency, rights or legal status and is owned/operated by OpenAI as software, not a person.