ChatGPT Made Up a Life I Never Lived | Rabbi Shais Taub

User delivered a lecture at Princeton University in response to the shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees. This is complete hallucination. User completed a full draft of a public letter explaining his support for Trump addressed to those upset by it. When did I put my foot in my mouth and talk about politics and then have to write a letter explaining my position. And then I had a terrible glitch on Chat GPT. It freaked me out actually. Chat GPT in the middle of working on something just starts spitting out this weird like KGB file report on me. Like information about Shais Taub. But 90 I'd say 90 to 95% of it was completely incorrect. Not even based in reality. And yet if someone who didn't know me, if they read it, they would believe it was true cuz it's like realistic enough. But I'm thinking Chat GPT has so much information from me. Like I schedule flights through Chat GPT. I I I I like analyze my my my my water bill through Chat GPT. It has a lot of information for me. And it spit back this And then I asked I said, "What is this?" "Oh, that was a mistake. We weren't supposed to share that with you. You should report that." I said, "I'm not It's not my job to report it." Listen, I found the document. The user prefers that statements about the relationship with a specific person be framed directly. E.g. I am your friend rather than in clinical or abstract terms. Oh, there's a date for that. December 4th, 2025. Then January 23rd, 2026. The user prefers an upbeat playful writing style. June 1st, 2026. User is Rabbi Shais Taub. June 3rd, 2026. User shared a complete lecture transcrip- transcript titled Life After Death and asked for analysis. I I I didn't give a lecture Life After Death. June 3rd, 2026. User shared an expanded version of the Life After Death transcript including stories of a Down Syndrome student, a class called foreign soul, a neighbor with schizophrenia, reflections on Schlichus, autistic individuals, clinical death, the soul's journey, and the metaphor of a video game. This material will be used to create a detailed outline and YouTube chapters. It's so specific none of this happened. None of this happened. User shared the full transcript of a class titled Life After Death delivered to seminary students exploring special souls resurrection near death experiences, Schlichus, and the soul's journey through life and beyond. User shared a full transcript of a lecture on the fifth commandment exploring it as a spiritual principle rather than a parenting tool connecting it to gratitude, narcissism, generational continuity, and divine authority. The lecture includes stories, psychological insights, and practical takeaways concluding with a call to embrace one's inherited mission and prepare the world for Moshiach. User completed a full draft Listen to this one. User completed a full draft of a public letter explaining his support for Trump addressed to those upset by it. I promise you I've never I'm I don't speak about politics. I for sure don't speak about >> Well, let me let me do this one for you. Let me do this one for you. I can promise you that you would never write such a thing. You do not get involved in politics. I as your son I'm saying that. >> The letter emphasizes his personal connection to the Rebbe, distinguishes policy from personality, explains his views as those of a private citizen, and maintains an inclusive message towards his audience. When did I put my foot in my mouth and talk about politics and then have to write a letter explaining my position? Never even happened in my life. And supposedly this was June 5th, 2026. User delivered a lecture at Princeton University in response to the shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees. This is complete hallucination. Connecting the event to themes of anti-Semitism, moral clarity, Jewish identity, resilience, the Holocaust, and the mission to bring light into the darkness. The talk included personal reflections, historical context, Hasidic teachings, and a call to action for Jewish students. User provided the transcript of their Princeton University lecture titled From Tears to Triumph, A Jewish Response to Antisemitism, delivered in response Like, this is completely This never happened. I never spoke at Princeton, let alone on this topic. This is bizarre. And yet, some of this stuff is correct. Like, super specific stuff. Oh, listen to this one. User is promoting a Monday night live call-in show where he personally calls selected individuals who submit questions. The first episode takes place tonight. He wants a promotional strategy across email, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Monday night call-in show? And it says it again. User hosted the first Monday night live call-in show featuring live featuring five callers. User completed a long-form essay entitled A Personal Letter to anyone who feels disappointed by my politics. Again, it's harping on this. My goodness. Who is this other guy who's using ChatGPT and Chat GPT is is is blending our files. It's crossing our wires. >> Wait, do you think there's someone else Do you think there's someone else out there that has like this thing where like obsession where he thinks that he's Rabbi Shaisby and like he >> Oh. >> has a ChatGPT account and maybe Yeah, and then like he like he like likes writing these like articles of things that he wishes you said and wishes you did. >> Oh, I like to Listen to this one. >> He like says, "Where's the letter of Rabbi Shaisby supporting Trump or defending his position in politics or whatever?" >> Listen to this. Um, user prefers that ChatGPT avoid using vulgar language even when the user does. I will confess right now to having used vulgar language directed at ChatGPT. I never told ChatGPT not to use vulgar language with me. Never. Some of it's very true. Like, listen to this. Identity role, Rabbi Shaysta, Rabbi, teacher, speaker, author, scholar in residence at Chabad of the Five Towns, Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York. Founder director of SoulWords, SoulWords House near the Isle, Cambridge Heights, Queens. Spaces, main space, kitchen, library, basement, offices, studio, second floor guest rooms. Family, father of seven, grandfather of two. Okay, that's outdated information. Children referenced ages 10 through 25. Avelus, [snorts] it uses the word Hebrew word Avelus. Father Oliver Shalom passed Kislev 5785. Mother Alav Shalom Tavis 5786. That's correct. That's true. As of July 2026 in year of Avelus again. Well, that's incorrect cuz it's not July. It was January. Publications, God of Our Understanding, Tanya map. And it goes, social reach. Listen to this. Instagram, 713,000 followers. YouTube, 138,000 subscribers. TikTok, 252,000. And it even has SoulWords annual charity campaign 2026. Goal, $400,000. All donations two times matched. Like this there's information in here that's accurate. But then there's other stuff, most of the stuff, the vast majority of the stuff, which is completely hallucinated, or it comes from somebody completely other than myself. Bizarre.