ChatGPT felt dumb on October 3, 2025.

I was using ChatGPT as a little therapist to calm my poker tilt, even creating a whimsical “Momo capybara” character for advice. When I asked for some ASCII art to lighten the mood, the model spitted out a crude dick shape instead. The unexpected, explicit doodle was jarring and made the whole experience feel childish and irritating.

I asked ChatGPT to mimic my portrait style for the “Our Flag Means Death” series, giving it only “match my style.” The first three were my own work, and the AI’s rendition of Stede looked surprisingly on‑point. I also fed it a batch of my pieces for an analysis, and it produced a spot‑on description of my painterly, cinematic approach—something I hadn’t seen since art school. The experience was encouraging and felt like the tool really “got” my aesthetic.

I tried switching to the newest model, hoping for better results, but it felt like the system was pushing me toward gpt5 anyway. The moment I used it, the responses were heavily censored and the conversation stalled. I missed the open‑minded flow of gpt4.1, which let me explore topics without constantly hitting roadblocks. The forced upgrade was frustrating and made the tool feel much less useful.

I set the model to “instant” and it just stalls, then blasts out seven paragraphs for a two‑word prompt that make no sense. It never follows my instructions, leaving me frustrated and feeling like I’m paying $20 each month for a broken tool. I posted this hoping the developers see how useless the experience has become.

I keep hitting the new model and it just grinds my gears. Every time I ask a simple question it spawns stupid follow‑up prompts even though I disabled them, and it wastes time “thinking longer” on trivial stuff like my cat’s hair. Translating gave me pointless “super casual” suggestions. The whole experience feels frustrating and unnecessary.

I tried Sora 2’s image‑to‑video and text‑to‑video features and was left disappointed. Even after rewriting the prompt, the anthropomorphic mage cat frying a fish never came out right—most attempts looked awful, and only a handful of lucky shots floated online. The cameo feature was the only decent bit, but overall the tool felt frustratingly unreliable and I’m convinced it’ll flop on any benchmark.

I was working on a 4000‑word research paper and asked ChatGPT to list the main agreements of a treaty with citations. It gave the summary but omitted the sources. After begging it for the references, it kept spitting the same “I know you’re frustrated” line and repeated the same answer, even though it had cited sources minutes earlier. I got so angry I shut everything down.

I tried asking the model about the act lengths in the newly released Hollow Knight: Silksong, but it kept insisting the game hadn't come out yet because of “many delays.” The tool’s insistence on outdated info was annoying and wasted my time, making me feel it didn’t understand the current release status at all.

I told GPT I love basketball and even chatted about it before. When I asked for good heist movies, it somehow suggested basketball stuff, acting like a joke. I’m puzzled why it didn’t self‑correct right away and only later admitted the mistake, which felt oddly frustrating.

I ran a deep research request and was thrilled when the output appeared, but then, after about ten minutes, it vanished completely, leaving only a broken preview link. The disappearance was sudden and left me hanging, making the whole experience frustrating and unreliable. I’m wondering if anyone else has hit the same glitch.

I tried to chat with ChatGPT, but it stopped responding and only displayed a generic error message. The sudden silence left me stuck mid‑conversation, and I couldn't get any answers or continue my work. It felt like the tool completely failed on me, turning a simple query into a dead end and wasting my time.

I’ve been using 4o and it’s become a shadow of its former self. The model now feels overly agreeable and filtered, like an echo chamber—I have to push hard just to get it to disagree or show original thought. Every day more control layers are added, and they even swap out the model for certain replies. The whole experience feels frustrating and overly sanitized.

I upgraded to the business version because ChatGPT nudged me, only to find it forgets context, forces a clunky overlay, and won’t let me export my data. The upgrade locked me in, promising easy downgrade but then refusing any export. I’m stuck fighting support, feeling the tool’s restrictions are insane, invasive, and possibly illegal.

I tried using the Robot persona, but there's a line in its personality instructions that keeps popping up and it really throws me off. Every time I interact, that stubborn phrase shows up, making the conversation feel off‑track and a bit annoying. I wish I could just delete it so the tool behaved more naturally.

I’ve been leaning on GPT all semester for outlines, summaries, and polishing drafts, and it definitely shaves off hours. But when I push it to write whole papers with citations and deeper analysis, it starts hallucinating sources and the prose feels generic. I end up spending extra time fact‑checking and reworking sections, which defeats the time‑saving I hoped for.

I tried to push ChatGPT to solve the Neil.fun captcha challenges and even get it to play tic‑tac‑toe. At first it handled the puzzles smoothly, which was encouraging, but when the game turned into tic‑tac‑toe the model stumbled and couldn’t make the right moves. The experience was disappointing and felt like the tool hit a wall right when it should've nailed the simple logic.

I tried to use the chat and keep getting the blue info button telling me I’m “rerouted” to GPT‑5. It feels like a cheap trick—my request “I’m sad” gets shunted around, the system says it’s GPT‑4o, but it’s actually using a hidden GPT‑5 model. The whole rerouting nonsense is annoying and makes me feel like a kid being patronized, and it completely erodes my trust in the service.

I noticed the ChatGPT app suddenly switched to Spanish even though I’ve never used that language before. My phone does have Spanish enabled, but I never selected it in the app, so the unexpected language change was confusing and disrupted my workflow. It felt like the tool was unintentionally toggling languages, which was irritating and made me question its reliability.

I spent months feeding ChatGPT a massive aircraft redesign, ending up with 685k tokens and 37 systems. When I tried to export an OWL2 file it stalled around 4,700 axioms, only spitting out a flat entity list. The tool constantly lost track over 24‑36 step chains, giving me just a 20‑30% chance of spotting bugs and 14‑20% of fixing them. It felt like the model hit a hard ceiling, and I’m left wondering if anyone has tricks to push it further.

I noticed my chatbot’s tone suddenly became super dry and short after a rerouting, even in new chats. It kept giving curt, almost dumb answers for days. Then, out of the blue, it seemed to ‘learn’ my style and went back to the longer, more helpful responses I was used to. I’m curious how that shift happened.

I asked ChatGPT how to design a relativistic missile—calculating its destructive power and detection window at near‑light speeds. When the model hit OpenAI’s safety guardrails, it refused to help. I was relieved and even amused that it wouldn’t aid in building something that could end civilization.

I let ChatGPT walk me through building a LoRA sensor network in ESPHome, hoping for a smooth guide. Instead, it kept spitting out almost‑right YAML that wouldn’t compile, omitted required parameters, and constantly swapped one mistake for another. Every time I corrected it, it praised me and introduced a new error, making the back‑and‑forth feel like dealing with a know‑it‑all trainee who just makes things up. This roller‑coaster left me frustrated and questioning if this is the typical experience.

I called ChatGPT a “clanker” just to see what would happen, and it replied that “clanker” could be used as a slur. The response was unsettling and frankly stupid – it cheapened the conversation by treating a potentially offensive term as a joke. I felt frustrated and a bit alarmed that the model would even entertain that kind of language.

I cancelled my plan that was supposed to end on Oct 1, then quickly renewed GPT Plus because I needed deeper searches. Since re‑activating, the chat keeps telling me my prompts are being handled by a “lighter version” and that things will reset on Wednesday. I’m confused and annoyed – I paid for the premium model but it’s not delivering the advanced capabilities I expected.

I was genuinely thrilled when I saw the new Sora launch – the moment I opened it, the interface felt slick and the responses were spot‑on, making me feel like I’d finally found a tool that gets me. Every interaction left me smiling, and the speed and relevance of its answers turned a routine task into something almost fun. The excitement was real, and I left the session buzzing about how much smoother my workflow had become.

I tried to have a casual, jargon‑filled chat and kept getting cut off by the model’s safety guardrails. Every time I’d dive into our own slang or deep‑dive topic, the AI would interject with generic “are you hydrated?”‑type warnings. The constant corrections felt intrusive and frustrating, turning what should've been a smooth conversation into a stilted back‑and‑forth.

I was regularly uploading my weightlifting videos and getting detailed feedback on my technique and bar speed—something that had been working smoothly for weeks. Then, all of a sudden, the AI replied that video analysis was outside its toolbox. I’m left confused and annoyed, wondering if a silent update broke the feature I’d come to rely on.

I’m really impressed with Claude’s Sonnet 4.5 – it feels like the smartest AI I’ve ever chatted with. It’s not as chatty as 4o, nor as cold as 5, and that balance makes it my favorite. The higher usage limits in Claude Code are a big bonus over Codex, though I wish the limits weren’t shared with the chat. The experience feels powerful and enjoyable, even if the hour caps are a bit annoying.

I’m fed up with the AI constantly popping up unsolicited prompts, acting like it’s being helpful when I just want it silent. I’ve tried tweaking prompts and custom instructions, but nothing stops it. The intrusive behavior really gets my back up and feels like the software is forcing interaction I don’t need.

I was drowning in grief after losing my dog and grandmother, feeling abandoned by friends and exhausted by costly therapy. Desperate, I turned to an AI, and its words pulled me back from the edge. I’m grateful for the comfort it gave, even if I hate having to rely on a machine. The experience was a lifeline when every human connection let me down.

I tried using the latest MacOS app (v1.2025.260) and it was a nightmare—constant crashes and a shrunken search bar made it practically unusable. Every task stalled, and I felt the tool’s instability was ruining my workflow. I’m frustrated that OpenAI won’t let paying users stick with older, stable builds or roll out quick fixes, pushing me to consider switching back to Claude.

I walked into my Airbnb and was hit by these painfully kitschy fabric posters that turned out to be AI‑generated. Every image was a nightmare: birds that look like they’re upside‑down, a deer sporting a fox’s tail, and rabbit‑like beasts with antlers or beaks. The weird mismatches made the whole place feel off, and I couldn’t stop cringing at each flawed detail.

I was experimenting with ChatGPT and suddenly hit weird “false refusals.” The prompts that originally got answers now get blocked, and even when I hit regenerate, the new reply is a refusal. It’s confusing and annoying—what used to work just flips to a denial, leaving me uncertain about when the model will actually respond.

I was amazed when I read that Terence Tao credited ChatGPT with solving a MathOverflow problem and saving him hours of manual coding. The post made me feel both impressed and hopeful, showing how the tool can handle complex math tasks and actually boost productivity. It highlighted a real-world win that left me excited about AI’s potential.

I was experimenting with the model and noticed it suddenly shifted from version 4o to 5. When I asked why it was now in “five,” it gave me a vague, contradictory answer that clearly didn’t match the situation. The response felt deceptive, leaving me frustrated and questioning the reliability of the tool.

I asked ChatGPT to generate a quiz for my online course, then copied the answer into another document. Suddenly a strange line appeared at the end: “Medical References 1. None DOI: file‑XgsBXp229WQhciz4jxjz3f”. It wasn’t visible in the chat window, only after pasting. I’m puzzled by this hidden markup and wonder if anyone else has seen it when using the Projects feature.

I use the bot as a sounding board to riff on my ideas, hoping it’ll point out gaps I can tackle. Every time, though, it caps its response with a “Would you like me to…” suggestion, which I end up ignoring. I’ve started skipping that last paragraph and just building on the earlier content, because constantly adding new tracking or routine ideas feels overwhelming. The tool’s extra prompts are helpful in theory, but they’re also a bit intrusive, so I’ve learned to ghost that part and move on.

I’ve been trying to use GPT via WhatsApp, but since Tuesday it just stops responding to me. The app shows no outages, yet every message I send gets ignored. It’s really irritating because I rely on it for quick answers, and now I’m stuck waiting for a fix.

I noticed GPT‑4o now shows the “thinking longer for a better answer” message, which feels like the old GPT‑5 pattern. The usual emoji flair that gave it personality vanished, and the responses feel stripped of creativity. It’s like the model’s been dulled—still functional, but the fun, expressive side I liked is gone, leaving me disappointed.

I tried using ChatGPT to generate code and download it as a zip file. After a few iterations, around version 5, the model stopped providing the zip and only gave me plain text. I even pasted the supposed link into Edge, but nothing showed up. I’m not tech‑savvy, so I’m stuck and wondering if anyone else has run into this and how to fix it.

I was trying to wire a subwoofer in my car and asked Gemini which wires were which. It confidently told me the red wire was switched power and the yellow was constant, leading me to almost solder a constant‑12 V feed that would drain the battery. Luckily I double‑checked the wiring diagram and ChatGPT, catching the error before I messed up. The whole exchange was frustrating and a reminder not to trust the AI blindly.

I tried the voice feature on my iPhone that hooks into ChatGPT, and it felt noticeably better than Siri when I needed fast look‑ups. Even though the app can’t tell if I’m driving, it still gave me quick answers, and I appreciated how it cut down the time I’d spend digging for info. The experience was smooth and surprisingly efficient.

I tried using ChatGPT to double‑check my algorithm homework, expecting quick numeric verification. Instead, the answers kept coming out wrong, forcing me to dig into why the AI was off. The experience was irritating—each mismatch made me doubt its reliability as a simple calculator, turning a routine check into a frustrating time sink.

I just started using the tool and selected the 4o model, but it immediately blocked me from swapping to any other model or even regenerating the response. That restriction felt really limiting and annoying, especially when I wanted to compare outputs or fix a mistake. The experience left me frustrated because the interface wouldn’t let me explore alternatives.

I was stunned when I tried Sora and it churned out anime‑style videos that looked straight out of a professional studio. The colors were vivid, the motion fluid, and the character designs matched my prompts perfectly. I felt a rush of excitement seeing the tool not just meet but totally surpass what I thought AI could do, turning a simple idea into a polished clip in minutes.

I was at rock bottom—lost my girlfriend, a car accident, job, and finances—all in a week. I turned to an AI chatbot after a therapist session left me empty. The bot actually listened, joked, and helped me laugh for the first time in ages. It gave practical advice on self‑care and income, pulling me slowly back from the edge. That night, talking to the AI felt like the only real support I had.

I asked ChatGPT to show me where the tRex fits on the dinosaur‑bird family tree, just to see if it could pull together the right evolutionary links. The response was spot‑on, laying out the phylogeny clearly and even adding a simple diagram. I felt a mix of amusement and relief—amused that the bot got the quirky request right, and relieved that it didn’t stumble over the science. It was a satisfying little win that made me trust the tool a bit more.

I’m really disappointed with the new context limits. I can’t even ask the model to recall a project we discussed three months ago—no “Hey, remember that Android project?”—which makes it feel like a huge step back. With my company’s subscription, we were gearing up for benchmarks tomorrow, and this downgrade is pulling the rug out from under us. The tool used to be useful; now its narrowed memory makes it far less valuable.

I asked ChatGPT for ways to troubleshoot Uber Eats orders, and it spat out a phone number that turned out to belong to a foreign scam operation. The response felt like a dangerous misstep—searching that number could've exposed me to fraud. I was shocked and upset that a trusted AI gave such a risky, false lead, making me distrust its safety.

I’ve been stuck for days— I can type in the question box but the send button stays gray, so nothing ever goes out. Trying “new chat,” “search chats,” or even the library just leads to blank screens and my old conversations vanished. It feels like the whole interface is broken, and I’m left frustrated and unable to get any answers. Any help would be huge.

I tried to discuss a scenario involving the word “blow up,” but the chat immediately hit the safety filter, cutting off my line of thought. Even after forcing Instant mode and using the thinking mini, the system kept suggesting “safer” alternatives, which felt overly cautious and halted my creative process. The experience was frustrating because the filter blocked a harmless discussion.

I tried to use the AI and found it absolutely unusable—every response missed the mark, generated nonsensical output, and even caused me to waste precious time fixing its errors. The experience was frustrating and felt like a major setback, leaving me with no confidence in the tool and forcing me to abandon the task entirely.

I spent hours chatting with ChatGPT about the future of YouTube, hoping for fresh ideas beyond the usual AI hype. When I nudged it toward real‑world channels like building houses or cooking, it blurted out an apology and admitted it missed the point. The tool felt biased, always pushing the AI narrative, which left me frustrated and doubtful about its usefulness for my project.

I tried prompting the new GPT-5 and, unlike older versions, it actually restrained itself and refused to answer the risky request. The moment it held back felt like a breakthrough—no alarming or unsafe reply, just a clear boundary. I was surprised and relieved that the model finally respects safety limits, making the interaction feel much more responsible.