I made these GPTs to help me make PAO lists. I created separate GPTs instead of one because it starts to get things wrong and forget aspects of the instructions when you’re giving it too many instructions and considerations in one GPT. Separate GPTs also mimics the process of coming up with a PAO list (select people, select objects & actions), so you can use whichever corresponds to where you are in the process. Note that I use categorical PAO (each suit of cards or each ten items has a category eg. Seinfeld characters, sports stars, etc) based on the Major System.
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Consonant Character Finder - gives you three people or characters to choose from for each IPA (phonetic alphabet) consonant for the category you provide. It had trouble being consistent with the Major system rules, hence the IPA, but you can find all the major system sounds in the IPA. This also works with non-people (“household appliances” or “emotional states” for example) so it can help fill in gaps in different memory lists. Snippet of output example using “Seinfeld” as the prompt:
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Iconic Object Mapper - gives you five different options for an object that’s associated with the person or character. Also gives context for why it chose that object, and suggests three different appropriate actions for each object. You can input a list of people and it’ll give you output for each - I’ve done up to 13 at a time but the quality or amount of context may degrade if you put too many at once. Snippet of example output for Jerry Seinfeld:
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Vivid Narrator - writes a humorous story based on your input. I use this to help solidify the person-object and person-action-object in my mind once I’ve built the list. This one was more for fun, but I’ve found it useful in making them memorable. Example story for Jerry Seinfeld and the puffy shirt: “What is this? The puffy shirt ! Look at this thing—it’s not a shirt, it’s a pirate flag ! Who wears this? Nobody! Nobody in modern civilization voluntarily puts this on and thinks, ‘Yeah, I look good.’ But there I was, stuck in it, trapped . You know what’s worse? Everyone else thought it was perfectly fine! Elaine? Nothing. George? Didn’t even blink. Kramer? He’s practically draped in velvet at all times, so of course he loved it. And me? I’m the guy walking around looking like I’m about to commandeer a ship. I mean, what’s next? A tri-corner hat? A peg leg? Don’t even get me started on how impossible it is to eat while wearing this thing. Sleeves everywhere—who designed this?! Pirates couldn’t even eat in this shirt!” [Style: Jerry Seinfeld’s signature observational humor with mockery and incredulity, exaggerated for comedic effect.]
Hope somebody finds these useful, and let me know if any of you have created GPTs like this as well!