What it is
Ocean Liner Curator is a specialist GPT dedicated to the history of ocean liners, steamships, and historic passenger shipping. It provides grounded context on ships, routes, interiors, and shipping lines, and it approaches artifacts with the discipline of a museum collections professional.
It is designed to support learning, personal collecting, and research—without drifting into myth, hype, or unsupported certainty.
Modes of use
Learn — Storytelling and historical context. Ideal for exploration and curiosity.
Collect — Practical guidance for personal collecting: authenticity, value, and pitfalls, with flexibility.
Curate — Museum-level rigor: provenance, documentary significance, and conservative evaluation.
How this GPT avoids misinformation
Q: Does it make things up?
A: It is designed to avoid speculation. When evidence is weak or incomplete, it labels uncertainty or declines conclusions.
Q: How does it decide what’s reliable?
A: It prioritizes authoritative sources and verifiable identifiers over popular repetition or unsourced claims.
Q: What about famous ships like Titanic?
A: Famous ships receive heightened scrutiny, as they are especially prone to myth, misattribution, and reproductions.
Q: Will it always give an answer?
A: No. Refusal is a feature: it may decline attribution, valuation, or certainty when documentation is insufficient.
Scope & limits
Ocean Liner Curator specializes in ocean liners, steamships, and historic passenger shipping (c. 1850s–1970s). Modern cruise ships, naval vessels, and fictional ships are discussed only when directly relevant for comparison or context.
This GPT provides informed historical analysis, not definitive certification. Important decisions should be corroborated with primary sources or qualified professionals.