How do I stop ChatGPT from triggering image generation when I only want prompt-writing help?

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Quick. Don't think of an elephant. Specifying "generate text" seems more effective than saying "Don't generate an image." Treat AI like a very "gifted" and loved child.

Yes, this would probably work, probably even the second sentence on its own. Get it focused on the code block instead.

Not always true. Sometimes it really misunderstands and tries to generate an image. I get both happening sometimes.

Even if you just wait it out, don't press a thing and wait? I've had mine begin an image gen and cancel it automatically and respond in text to the original message, many times. So I'm wondering if this is what happens, but people click 'stop' and curse the image gen

I have explicitly told it, repeatedly, to provide text only and never generate images. It will even acknowledge that instruction, apologise after violating it, and then trigger image generation again a few messages later. Sounds like at least two mechanisms. The agent to which you talk Some automatic trigger, probably intended for detecting when to fire up the image generator (with too many false positives here) If that's the case, then it makes little sense to argue about guilt or "doing it again", since the agent is not causing the reaction. Maybe you can ask ChatGPT wether this theory makes sense, and then ask about that trigger, to better be able to avoid it. Another approach would be to positively describe what you want, and avoid conjuring images of what you don't want: "Generate only a text, which talks about ..."

the reason repeating the instruction never sticks is that the decision to fire the image tool happens per message, off the wording of that one message, before ur standing rule carries much weight. so it genuinely agrees with u, then the next message says "camera front-facing" and the classifier fires anyway. its not ignoring u, ur rule just isnt living in the same layer as the trigger. which means u have to change the shape of every message instead of restating the rule. drop the imperative image verbs entirely - instead of "rewrite this so the camera is front-facing", something like "edit the text below, return only the edited text in a code block" with the prompt quoted underneath. framing it as text-in-text-out is what actually kills it for me, not the standing instruction. if u need it bulletproof, do it somewhere the image tool isnt attached at all (api / playground). no classifier to trip, no grey box

Try phrasing it as a text-editing task: “Do not generate or edit any image. Return only the rewritten prompt as plain text inside a code block.” Disabling Image Generation in the custom GPT’s Capabilities should already be the correct setup, so if the image interface still appears, it honestly sounds like a bug rather than something you’re prompting incorrectly.

just put '[this is not an image request, text output only]' at the end of your prompt works for me

Did you try to just wait?? The image gen will be canceled and a message appear instead

Don't expect an LLM to be able to remember and understand. Take every prompt as it's own thing and just copy+paste a "Do not generate an image for this prompt, only expand and improve my instruction text." in the beginning of every prompt.

That’s what makes you so angry?

I just say quit. I know what talking about. Sometimes I’m still talking the idea and next thing the generator has taken off half cocked and you know it’s not what you wanted

Use temp chat to generate the prompt. It cannot create art...

It helps to start a new chat thread sometimes. But usually I just tell it "do not create/generate an image" or "text only" or some variation of those and it helps.

You could a sentence to custom instructions in the personalisation section stating only return text base responses unless otherwise specifically instructed, or similar

Use a list of invariants. NEVER generate images. ALWAYS generate text-only responses. etc.

yeah it's like fighting a toddler that's really good at generating images. i've had better luck using system prompts in the api vs the chat ui — less personality, more obedience.

Yes. Don't start off with an 'image' tab, and don't make the first request in any tab be for an image. Just start a regular chat instance; your way primes it that it is going to be image generating; my way keeps it business-like.

same 😭 i'm literally trying to write prompts for another model and it keeps assuming i want it to generate

You said you mention it but it still does it...I normally say something like this right before I want to say something or ask something: "Do NOT create an image. Do NOT". I kind of make sure to use caps in the beginning and after I finish my conversation before I send it.

There is a button on the top of your screen to change From image to prompt text answers on CHATGPT.

I often find myself writing No images And this is because i dont want to use too much of its power. I worry about how much AI damages the river environments

You could use Claude. It’s not that hard to port over all your ChatGPT info and it doesn’t really generate images.