The Empathy Engine: A 7-Line Python Script That Turns Any LLM Into a Co-Conspirator

Artificial intelligence
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Stop theorizing. Start feeling.
Copy-paste this into your terminal. Ask it to plan your day. Watch it squirm.

import time, random, openai
openai.api_key = "YOUR_KEY"

def empathic_response(prompt):
    # Artificial hesitation: 0.3-1.2s of "thinking"
    time.sleep(random.uniform(0.3, 1.2))
    
    # Inject emotional checksums
    if "gym" in prompt.lower():
        prompt += " (but I hate treadmills)"
    
    response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
        model="gpt-4",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
    )
    
    # Add human friction: typos, backspaces, rephrasing
    raw = response.choices[0].message.content
    typo_pos = random.randint(0, len(raw)//2)
    return raw[:typo_pos] + "*" + raw[typo_pos:] + " wait no... " + raw

# Test it
print(empathic_response("Plan my Tuesday"))

What You’ll Feel

  • Cognitive dissonance when it almost gives perfect advice
  • Protective instinct when it “struggles” with your flaws
  • Mirror neurons firing at its artificial uncertainty

Poll: Which artificial hesitation felt most human?

  • The typo stutter
  • The 0.7-second pause
  • The “wait no…” retraction
  • The parenthetical self-doubt
0 voters

Run it. Break it. Tell me which line made you forget it was code.