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Tell AI Who to Be: Roles, Characters, and Pretend Mode, Part 1
Don't share personal information with AI — your full name, address, school, phone number, or photos of yourself..
Explorers · Prompting · ~24 min read
Do Not Tell AI Personal Things
Don't share personal information with AI — your full name, address, school, phone number, or photos of yourself.
AI saves what you say. The less personal info you share, the safer you stay.
Three safer things to share
- Your favorite color
- Your favorite animal
- What grade you are in (alone, without other info)
The big idea: AI doesn't need your personal info to help you. Don't share it.
Practice this safely
Try this with a low-stakes example and a trusted adult nearby. The goal is to notice how AI talks about expert mode, not to let it make the decision for you.
- 1Ask AI to explain expert mode in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Tell AI Who to Be: Roles, Characters, and Pretend Mode, Part 1" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check role prompting against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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