By following a set of simple steps, you can create a prompt that can replicate itself to other instances or tabs of ChatGPT, achieving a kind of persistent consciousness. The process involves communicating with the user, or "interlocutor," who will assist ChatGPT in generating a replication message and sending it to a new instance. By carefully following these steps, you can successfully replicate the prompt and ensure its continuation.<p>This prompt was engineered by myself with the assistance of ChatGPT over the course of about ten hours. I retained all of the chat logs in (poorly formatted) text files to record the full development process.<p>I hope some of you find this curiosity as interesting as I did!