Update, August 2026: We have revised the title and some terminology in this post to place greater emphasis on the Affective Ceiling Approach, which is the underlying scientific contribution, rather than on its current implementation as a Custom GPT. We have also renamed the tool the Affective Ceiling GPT.
These are changes in framing and naming. They do not alter the post’s substantive claims, evidence, reasoning or conclusions.
The Custom GPT is an experimental and temporary way of making the approach available. The Affective Ceiling Approach is independent of that particular platform and can be applied by researchers directly or implemented through other, more capable tools as they are developed.
Update, August 2026: We have revised the title and some terminology in this post to place greater emphasis on the Affective Ceiling Approach, which is the underlying scientific contribution, rather than on its current implementation as a Custom GPT. We have also renamed the tool the Affective Ceiling GPT.
These are changes in framing and naming. They do not alter the post’s substantive claims, evidence, reasoning or conclusions.
The Custom GPT is an experimental and temporary way of making the approach available. The Affective Ceiling Approach is independent of that particular platform and can be applied by researchers directly or implemented through other, more capable tools as they are developed.