How AI can learn about me as an individual...

One thing that stood out to me on day 1 was how AI can learn about me as an individual. This is what I found out:

🧠 How I “learn” about you

Right now, I don’t automatically learn or remember things about you across chats. Each conversation is independent, meaning when you open a new chat, I don’t have access to the previous ones unless you bring something up again.

When I respond, I only use:

What you tell me in the current conversation, and
My general knowledge and reasoning abilities (from training on a broad mix of texts, not your data).

So if in one chat you tell me you’re writing a novel and in another you ask about marketing, I wouldn’t automatically connect those facts — I treat them as separate unless you remind me in the new chat.

For ChatGPT to know you better, you need to... There is a feature called memory that can be turned on in your settings (Settings → Personalization → Memory). If you enable that:

I can remember details you choose to share — things like your name, interests, writing style, goals, or ongoing projects.
Then, in future chats, I can use that information to make responses more personalised, consistent, and “bespoke.”
You’ll always be able to see what I remember and delete or edit those details anytime.

Until that feature is on, though, I don’t “learn” or retain knowledge between conversations.

I hope this was helpful if you weren't aware of it, like I wasn't.

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