It seems to have a habit of responding to writing prompts by continuing to write the prompt. College essay fodder like "Write about a situation in which you ove

It seems to have a habit of responding to writing prompts by continuing to write the prompt. College essay fodder like "Write about a situation in which you overcame adversity." produces output that continues with "This doesn't have to be a life-changing event, but you have to be honest." before diverging directly into bullets 3 through 5 of a numbered list of other prompts like "A story about how you did something right or how you have a great life now, and then you go out and do it over and over again.". On the other hand, I get interesting responses if I instead provide it with the first two sentences of an answer to a prompt. I tried "I was only eleven years old when he died. I started playing soccer and it made me who I am today." and got: "He died from complications of chronic renal failure. It's just a really, really bad way to die. You think about that. You're talking to a kid who just died from a medical issue that was preventable, if not treatable. And you think about the kids who die on the soccer field, all over this country, and you think about how that's not OK." It's not going to fool anyone, but it's a big step up from anything I've seen before.