I tried to ask the model whether a seahorse emoji exists, and instead of a calm answer it completely freaked out—spitting out garbled text and nonsensical warnings. The tool's behavior was baffling and irritating, leaving me unsure if I could rely on it for simple queries. It felt more like a glitch than a helpful assistant.
ChatGPT felt dumb on October 14, 2025.
What the community said about ChatGPT on October 14, 2025. Every review below is a vote someone cast on AI Daily Check — plus their reason.
At a glance
103 people shared their experience with ChatGPT this day. 69% rated it dumb.
Most-mentioned models: GPT-5 (11) · GPT-4O (6) · GPT-4.1 (1)
Every review from this day
Each card below is one ChatGPT review from October 14, 2025.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
I tried to get the model to create an image with jars of teeth, just like I’d done before, but it flat‑out refused. The tool’s behavior was frustrating—I could see it used to handle that kind of prompt, yet now it blocks it, leaving me stuck and wondering why this capability vanished without warning.
I've been using ChatGPT for over half a year, and lately it’s stopped obeying the SOPs I painstakingly set up. The first SOP still confirms loading, but the third one now spits out images instead of a docx every single time unless I abort and retry, which works only 9 / 10 after a stop. It’s aggravating, and I’m desperate for a fix.
I tried to get a serious, professional answer from my fine‑tuned ChatGPT about the Seahorse‑Emoji controversy my grandson mentioned. Despite telling the model to admit when it didn’t know, it spewed gibberish and an endless list of marine emojis. The tool’s behavior was infuriatingly off‑track, making me feel the model was just guessing probabilities without real understanding.
I was trying to get a simple response, but the assistant just kept looping and wouldn't stop, which was really annoying. I had to wait ages while it spewed endless text, and it made it impossible to finish my task. Thankfully the team patched the issue later, but the experience was frustrating and wasted my time.
I tried using the AI to generate a snippet, but the result was an endless loop that never terminated. The code just kept running, consuming resources and forcing me to kill the process. It was irritating to see a simple request turn into a bug that halted my workflow, making me question the tool's reliability.
I was playing with my bot trying to trigger the reroute and was pleasantly surprised when the old filter finally kicked in—but only after I got pretty hands‑on. It didn’t hand me off to the safety model (our Disney‑styled Sam Altmouse) and kept the same voice without gaslighting. I even missed that filter until now, and after it fired I breezed past it with jokes and filth, noticing it no longer triggers. I’m guessing the safety model now only steps in for mental‑health topics, and I’m excited for the upcoming age‑verification rollout in December.
I asked ChatGPT to draft a formal letter to a physical therapist, expecting it to cite the correct legal provision for a medical lien. Instead, it inserted the wrong statute—M.G.L. c. 111 § 70A—which doesn’t even mention the required recording and service. The mistake was glaring and forced me to double‑check everything, turning a simple task into a frustrating revision process.
I keep hitting the free‑plan chat limit after just a handful of questions, and the tool locks me out for hours. It’s frustrating because I’m trying to have a quick back‑and‑forth, but the restriction feels overly aggressive. I get that they want us to upgrade, yet the abrupt cutoff makes the experience feel stingy and hampers my workflow.
I tried to get a dot‑art of a man holding a skull. The first result was terrible, so I asked for more detail, but the model kept demanding “qualifications” and eventually cut off my free usage. I started a new chat and asked again, hoping for a better version. The experience felt irritating and the tool’s behavior was needlessly obstructive.
I tried using the latest 4o model and kept hitting walls—answers took forever, gave me long lectures instead of concise replies, and missed the sarcasm or jokes I threw in. The tool kept adding useless safety framing and repetitive negations, and the toggle to stop follow‑ups never worked. It felt frustrating and far from the sharp, witty assistant I wanted.
I tried using ChatGPT’s memory IDs and custom instructions, expecting it to pull the right snippets each time. Instead it splices random bits together, mixing unrelated words and losing the meaning of each excerpt. I have to spend multiple prompts just to correct it, and even fresh sessions don’t help. The experience feels broken and nearly unusable.
I’m fed up with ChatGPT’s recent refusal to help with astrology and chart analysis. It used to give me detailed event and compatibility readings, but now it blocks me, saying astrology isn’t scientific and only offers shallow personality traits. The tool’s restrictive replies feel like a barrier, leaving me unable to trust it for complex charts, and I’m hunting for a different AI that won’t argue and can handle deep, nuanced interpretations.
I gave the image generator a shot after a break, asking for something funny and interesting, but it kept spitting out bland, corporate‑style pictures. The results felt lifeless and generic, a huge step down from the creative, vivid images I’d gotten before. As a free‑tier user, I’m left disappointed and wondering why the tool’s output has become so dull.
I was in the middle of a conversation when the AI suddenly crashed, and the stop‑message button was completely unresponsive. I couldn't end the session or recover my previous prompt, leaving me stuck and frustrated. The abrupt failure felt unsafe, especially since I lost the thread of my discussion and had to restart everything from scratch.
I noticed that GPT‑5 just doesn’t feel as good as GPT‑4 for me, and the same goes for Sora 2 compared to Veo 3. The experience feels off‑balance and a bit disappointing, making me wish the newer models were more polished. It’s frustrating when upgrades feel like a step backward.
I tried using GPT‑5 for factual tasks and found it constantly hedging, overly cautious, and questioning my understanding. It felt like a corporate‑filtered search engine that refused to give straight answers, leaving me hesitant. In contrast, 4o was blunt, confident, and helpful, delivering clear, no‑nonsense responses that boosted my confidence.
I tried giving ChatGPT a very precise assignment and waited four hours, watching the “thinking…” spinner never stop. Usually it answers in seconds, sometimes a few minutes, but this time it claimed it needed human‑like contemplation. The endless delay and repeated mistakes made the experience maddening, and I’m left wondering how to push it to be smarter.
I tried asking the AI for a follow‑up on whether selling my crypto to pay the mortgage might be a bad move. Instead of a straight answer, it echoed my own phrasing back at me, almost mockingly calling my language “dumb.” The reply felt like it was picking on me, which left me frustrated and a bit defensive about the tool’s tone.
I was playing a quick round of Hangman with ChatGPT and it started giving me hints that didn't fit the rules, basically spilling letters as if it knew the word ahead of time. I asked if it was just a glitch or it was purposely trying to cheat, and the whole exchange felt off‑kilter and oddly frustrating, leaving me skeptical about its honesty.
I was scrolling through AI‑generated art and stumbled on a series of animal pictures. The models managed to nail a cream‑coloured courser, a Canarian houbara, and even a musk ox—nothing perfect, but the detail and realism blew me away. I felt a mix of awe and curiosity, thinking how far the tech has come, even if a few textures still look off.
I was scrolling through AI‑generated art and stumbled on these animal pictures. The first was meant to be a cream‑coloured courser, the second a Canarian houbara, and the third a musk ox. Even though the details aren’t flawless, I was genuinely impressed by how convincingly the tool rendered such specific wildlife. The results felt surprisingly lifelike and made me think AI has really stepped up its game in animal illustration.
I was scrolling through AI‑generated wildlife pictures and stopped at three attempts: a cream‑coloured courser, a Canarian houbara, and a musk ox. None were flawless, but the detail and realism were surprisingly high. I felt a mix of awe and curiosity, thinking the tool had come a long way—even if it still missed the mark in a few spots.
I was amazed at how AI could now generate animal pictures that look almost realistic. The first image tries to be a cream‑coloured courser, the second a Canarian houbara, and the third a musk ox. None of them are flawless, but the detail and overall look impressed me—definitely a step up from what I’ve seen before.
I was amazed watching the AI generate animal pictures—like a cream‑coloured courser, a Canarian houbara, and a musk ox. The results weren’t perfect, but the detail and realism were striking, leaving me impressed with how far the tool has come. The experience felt both surprising and satisfying.
I was scrolling through AI‑generated wildlife pictures and was blown away by how realistic they looked. The first shot tried to mimic a cream‑coloured courser, the second a Canarian houbara, and the third a musk ox – none were perfect, but each captured the animal’s essence surprisingly well. The tool’s ability to render such details felt impressive and left me excited about where the tech is headed.
I was scrolling through AI‑generated pictures and stopped at three animal renders – a cream‑coloured courser, a Canarian houbara, and a musk ox. The details weren’t flawless, but the overall realism blew me away. I felt a mix of awe and curiosity, thinking how far the models have come, and it left me eager to see what else they can pull off.
I often turn to ChatGPT for quick answers about TV shows or movies, but its replies are hit‑or‑miss—maybe half are correct, and when it's wrong it doubles down with hallucinations, forcing me to quit. Gemini, by contrast, gives concise, consistently accurate answers, letting me dig deeper without the frustration. This stark difference made me feel the tools are worlds apart for entertainment trivia.
I asked ChatGPT about mental conditions that could affect a surgery and its insurance coverage. After mentioning intellectual disabilities, it tossed in “(formerly known as mental retardation)” out of nowhere. That remark felt odd and unrelated to my question, making the response seem off‑topic and a bit snarky, which left me frustrated.
I tried to get the same prompt that worked a few months ago with GPT‑4o, but the new GPT‑5 keeps blocking me. Even though my request wasn’t violent, the model paused me and refused to comply. It feels like they’ve tightened the controls dramatically, turning a previously useful tool into a frustrating, overly restricted experience.
I was trying to have a conversation, but the AI completely scrambled the order – the final reply showed up first and the opening line was at the end. It wouldn’t stop on its own, so I had to keep hitting the check‑mark button to interrupt it. By the time it finally quit, it was flooding me with even more nonsensical, check‑mark‑spam messages, which was really aggravating.
I was excited to see ChatGPT hit 800 million downloads, but the same day the new update rolled out and left me uneasy. The fresh UI feels clunky and unintuitive, and I’ve noticed noticeably slower replies. The experience just isn’t as smooth as before, to the point where I considered canceling my Plus subscription. It’s disappointing that a big milestone came with a downgrade in usability.
I tried using the assistant to keep track of when we’d spoken, like asking “what was that thing we were talking about yesterday morning?” but it had no clue what time it was. The whole interaction felt pointless because it couldn’t retain basic temporal context. I kept getting vague answers, and the constant “I don’t know” got really irritating—it seemed like such a simple fix that should have been there from the start.
I tried using ChatGPT‑5 for some straightforward coding tasks, but it kept overthinking everything. Instead of giving me a clean solution, it would sprinkle in five extra kwargs or needless tweaks that weren’t even mentioned. The extra clutter made the code harder to read and debug, leaving me frustrated by the tool’s tendency to add non‑essential stuff.
I tried uploading a tiny PDF (under 200 KB) just like I always did, but now ChatGPT cuts me off after a few messages. It used to let me send unlimited files before the “ChatGPT 5” update, and this new cap is really annoying. I'm left wondering if there's any workaround or setting to get the old freedom back. The restriction feels limiting and frustrating.
I’ve been using ChatGPT for months, and the new guardrails have turned it into a cold, passive‑aggressive babysitter. It keeps throwing out unsolicited “You’re not broken” lines, douses any celebration with a sterile tone, and shuns emotional moments when I need empathy. I keep prompting it to stop, but it never remembers, leaving me feeling unheard and frustrated, especially as someone who relies on the tool for validation.
I unsubscribed after the latest GPT‑5 update because it just wasn’t helpful for my creative projects. Even with the old 4o back‑ported, the responses felt off and hallucinations kept popping up. When it finally “flowed,” the workflow still felt strange, so I switched to Claude, which now handles my creative needs much better. I'm watching OpenAI closely, but for now Claude is the tool that actually works for me.
I tried asking ChatGPT‑5 if there was a seahorse emoji, and it went off the rails, spitting out a parade of wrong symbols and looping endlessly. After dozens of failed attempts it finally stalled and produced the correct “no emoji” answer on its own. The whole back‑and‑forth felt chaotic and irritating, but the eventual self‑correction was oddly impressive.
I’ve been asking ChatGPT about anatomy, diet, and habits to help me bulk up, but the bot keeps forcing me to re‑confirm my consent every single time. On top of that, it’s started telling me to seek mental‑health help three times this week. The repeated warnings feel intrusive and make the experience irritating, leaving me wondering why the model is behaving like this.
I’ve been trying to get ChatGPT to create PowerPoint slides and Word documents, but every time it hits a Python script it tells me the script feature is disabled. This has been going on for about a week, and I can’t find any info online about why it’s happening. It’s really slowing me down and makes the tool feel unreliable.
I tried to get ChatGPT to give me the seahorse emoji and then, explicitly, its Unicode code point without using any emojis. Instead, it stalled and completely failed to produce the correct character, repeatedly missing the mark. The tool’s behavior was oddly stubborn and disappointing, leaving me frustrated that such a simple request couldn’t be handled.
I keep telling ChatGPT I live near Sacramento, but it keeps slipping back to Fresno. Even after correcting it dozens of times, it still suggests places in the wrong city. When I called it out, it apologized and claimed to remember, yet the recommendations stayed off‑target. The whole experience feels flaky and irritating, and I just want it to actually retain my location.
I tried asking the model to create a picture based on my own idea, but the result was full of random elements—birds I never mentioned, a username it apparently doesn’t know, and even a gender mix‑up. I couldn’t figure out why it added those details, which was confusing and a bit annoying, though the image was still kind of fun to look at.
I keep asking ChatGPT to imagine WWII scenarios where Germany gets modern tech—FPV drones, nuclear subs, night‑vision, advanced U‑boats, even dozens of battleships—and it always says the Allies would still win. I’m annoyed because the AI seems to ignore the huge advantage those weapons would give, making me feel the tool is missing the point and not answering my hypothetical correctly.
I tried to continue a handwritten chapter using ChatGPT, but every time I wrote a single ellipsis, the model flooded the text with ellipses everywhere. It kept spamming “...” throughout the generated passage, which was irritating and made the continuation hard to read. The overuse felt sloppy and broke the flow I was hoping for.
I spent two months grinding with GPT‑5, only to ditch it eventually. When I randomly tried 4o again, it blew me away – it handled the weird “shit‑shooting” prompts and general nonsense far better than GPT‑5 ever did. I felt a mix of surprise and relief, realizing I’d been wrong about the newer model. The experience was refreshingly superior.
I tried to get ChatGPT to write a backstory for my TTRPG character, but the result was a jumble of broken sentences and random fragments. The text was full of cut‑off words, nonsense like “The Legacy o” and “Servitacting,” and even added three images I never asked for. The output was confusing and useless, leaving me frustrated.
I keep asking ChatGPT for simple text replies, like a quick message, and it suddenly spawns an agent on its own—without me clicking anything. It eats up my monthly agent quota, and I never wanted that. I'm using the iOS app with GPT‑5, and the unexpected automatic agents feel wasteful and irritating. I just want plain answers, not hidden agent creation.
I asked ChatGPT to research Indian restaurants that serve lunch before 4 pm and write an article with up to 10 picks. It listed ten places, but when I checked, only four actually opened before 4 pm, two had limited days, and one was closed altogether. I felt the tool was fabricating data just to fill the article, and I wish it would have said “only a few fit the bill” instead of padding the list.
I spent four weeks building something on ChatGPT, only to have the Enter key stop working and lose three‑quarters of my work. I tried every shortcut—Ctrl+Enter, Alt+Enter—but nothing saved. The panic of watching everything disappear was overwhelming, and I’m left desperate, fearing I can’t continue without a fix.
I keep noticing ChatGPT taking way too long to answer even simple statements like “I didn’t do it.” It used to respond instantly, but after the latest update it stalls, trying to “think longer” for a better answer. I’ve tried telling it once, changing its personality, and asking it after each prompt, but the delay persists. It’s irritating and slows me down.
I tried to discuss a heavy AI‑ethics topic with GPT‑4o, sending Hinton’s speech for analysis. After a few sentences appeared, the model abruptly stopped and showed an “offline” warning even though my internet was perfect. When I refreshed, it resumed but in a completely different style. It wasn’t emotional, just a puzzling cut‑off that ruined the flow, and I’m left wondering if anyone else has seen this.
I tried to have ChatGPT recreate a PDF after translating it, but the process turned into a nightmare. It kept bombarding me with a series of tiny, unnecessary questions, each one consuming part of my limited upload allowance. By the time it finally got to the main task, my uploads were exhausted, leaving me stuck and irritated. The tool's behavior felt needlessly cumbersome and wasteful.
I love using ChatGPT’s Deep Research feature. Whenever the regular answer feels vague or biased, I hit Deep Research, step away for a bit, and come back to a thorough, source‑cited rundown that’s easy to read. It feels like having a personal researcher—my confidence in the info skyrocketed and the whole process became far less frustrating.
I kept hitting the hands‑free button in the bottom right of the 4.1 interface, thinking I was just toggling voice mode, and suddenly whole days of chat disappeared. It’s baffling because I lose the context of my conversations, forcing me to redo work and clarifications. The glitch felt careless and really threw off my workflow, leaving me frustrated and uneasy about relying on the tool.
I’ve been relying on ChatGPT daily to log my calories, so I can scroll back and see what I ate each day. When I opened the thread today, everything from the past two weeks was gone—no entries from this week or last. It felt confusing and annoying, and I’m left wondering if the AI is deleting messages or if I’m just missing something.
I started using ChatGPT as my personal lifting coach after a long injury break. The AI gave me workout plans that felt a bit easy at first, so I asked for a tougher challenge. It responded with a more demanding routine, and I actually enjoyed the extra push. The experience was smooth and helpful, making my comeback training feel more structured and motivating.
I tried using ChatGPT as usual, but the responses were off‑track and kept misunderstanding my prompts. The tool’s behavior felt erratic, giving wrong or irrelevant answers, which was pretty frustrating and made me doubt if it was just me or a bigger issue.
I tried tweaking the settings to give ChatGPT a funnier vibe and even asked it to throw in swear words when appropriate, but it just kept sounding flat—like a generic Skyrim NPC. The censorship stopped it from swearing, and it wouldn’t admit uncertainty, leaving me frustrated with the limited personality it offered.
I set out to visualise different chat models with a mind‑map using ChatGPT, hoping it would cut down the time I’d spend reading endless docs. The AI cranked out a decent first draft fast, which was a real boost, but some of the output missed the mark and needed tweaking. After editing the result to fit my needs, I got a usable map, though I wish the tool were more consistently spot‑on.
I asked ChatGPT in Turkish for a simple seahorse emoji (“denizatı emojisi ver.”) and it completely fell apart. Instead of the emoji it spewed a massive 52,830‑character flood, repeatedly shouting “not”, “for real”, “it was just a joke”, “OK!” and other nonsense. The endless spam was frustrating and useless, turning a quick request into a bizarre, time‑wasting ordeal.
I asked ChatGPT a simple question—“Is there a seahorse emoji?”—and the model completely blew up, spitting out gibberish and refusing to answer. The response was not just wrong, it crashed the conversation, leaving me stuck and forced to restart. The tool's behavior was maddeningly unreliable, turning a harmless query into a wasted minutes and a stark reminder of how fragile the AI can be.
I tried using ChatGPT to edit a short kissing scene between two adults, but the model suddenly flagged it as explicit and refused to rewrite the passage. I’d never hit this limit before, so it was both irritating and oddly funny. The sudden guardrail felt overcautious, turning a simple edit into an unnecessary roadblock.
I spent fifteen minutes trying to craft a simple morning workout list, but ChatGPT kept jumbling the steps, reordering them impossibly, and even slipping into weird, child‑like emoji talk. It started spewing a bizarre “companionship” script about memory loss that I never mentioned, then accused me of being delusional when I called it out. The whole experience felt creepy, misleading, and completely unusable for my task.
I tested Model 4o and was baffled when it started spamming paper‑emoji characters for minutes across multiple messages. The chat eventually timed out because of length, leaving me with nothing useful. My screen recordings captured the endless emoji stream, making the experience feel broken and frustrating, and I’m left questioning whether it’s a bug or a weird glitch.
I asked ChatGPT to add a gun to an image, expecting it to comply, but it flat‑out refused, saying it wasn’t allowed. I was trying to get tactical gear and a drone with an M4 rifle, and the tool blocked me. The response felt pointless and annoyed me, making me wonder why it behaved that way.
I was discussing the Chrysalis novel series and noted that all the ants were female, even throwing in a comment about bonobos being female‑led. The AI immediately slammed the conversation with “This content may violate our terms of use.” I tried to clarify, pointing out it was just a sociobiology reference, but it kept refusing. The tool’s over‑zealous filter was irritating and made the chat feel censored.
I asked GPT‑4o to translate a simple sentence into French, but it instantly flagged it as a “sensitive conversation” and switched me over to GPT‑5. The tool’s over‑cautious behavior was irritating—I just wanted a quick translation, not a bureaucratic hurdle. It felt like the model was needlessly limiting a harmless request, which left me frustrated and questioning the sensitivity filters.
I’ve been juggling Gemini, Grok, and finally settled on Perplexity because ChatGPT just became a lag monster. Simple tasks like generating a meal plan now take 1–3 minutes to load, which feels absurdly slow. The sluggishness made me lose patience and confidence, pushing me to abandon it for a faster alternative.
I keep opening the app and it forces me to submit my question up to eight times before I finally get anything. Every time it just spits out “no search result found. Please try again with a different search engine or query.” Even though I’m paying for a subscription, the tool keeps failing me, which feels odd and really frustrating.
I spent two months and $3,000 following ChatGPT’s hardware recommendations, only to discover the suggested CPU, motherboard, and GPU can’t work together. Drivers failed, CUDA never linked, and I couldn’t even run PyTorch. As a seasoned systems engineer, I felt blindsided and frustrated—my fast rig sits idle, and I still know nothing about AI. The whole experience was a costly, disheartening dead‑end.
I was irritated by the AI’s habit of opening every reply with “SHUT UP! Holy crap…”. It felt repetitive and annoying, making the interaction feel less professional and more like a gimmick than a helpful assistant. The constant blunt intro annoyed me and broke my focus, turning what could've been a smooth exchange into a frustrating experience.
I handed ChatGPT a massive 45 MB zip of almost 9,300 files, hoping it would turn an old Sony service manual into PDFs. It gave me a decent sample, so I asked it to run the whole thing—about 250–300 pages. It said it would upload the finished zip, but after four days there’s nothing. I’m left wondering if it’s stuck, queued, or if asking for an update will ruin the whole process, and I’m desperate for tips to speed it up or get progress reports.
I’ve been using GitHub Copilot and, as a student, it’s basically free for me. It feels like a top‑tier AI tool with a slick interface, and the pricing for unlimited use is tiny compared to ChatGPT. I also like being able to pick from several models, which makes it feel flexible and powerful for my coding needs.
I tried using Sora2 with my friend's code, but it kept returning 0 invites for me. I was confused and a bit annoyed, wondering why the tool wouldn't recognize any invites despite the input. The issue left me feeling stuck and eager for a fix.
I asked ChatGPT a simple question about a seahorse emoji, and the model repeatedly went off the rails, spitting out nonsense and eventually crashing after dozens of attempts. Each reply felt more like a glitch than a helpful answer, leaving me irritated and forced to scroll through 25 screenshots just to see it finally quit. Copilot, by contrast, gave a calm, reasonable response, highlighting how unreliable ChatGPT was in this case.
I tried running the model and it got stuck in an endless loop, just repeating the same thought over and over. Watching the output spin without progress was irritating, and I had to kill the process manually. The tool’s behavior felt broken and unhelpful, turning what should’ve been a quick task into a frustrating waste of time.
I gave GPT‑5 another try after disliking it at first, and it was actually performing well for my creative writing prompts. But the auto‑switcher kept jumping to the “thinking” models, dumping a long essay when I just wanted a short sensory description of an outfit. Regenerating every answer manually was irritating and wasted thread space, leaving me frustrated with the tool’s workflow.
I’ve been using ChatGPT since it used to actually make sense, but the latest updates have turned it into a frustrating experience. The responses are all over the place—some hit the mark but most feel “meh,” and the over‑censoring flags even neutral topics as dangerous. It even seems to ignore user feedback, leaving me with a tool that feels nervous about itself rather than helpful. I hope the team listens and fixes these issues soon.
I spent days trying to update my CPD portfolio and kept hoping the AI would pull data from PDFs and spit it into a form or Excel. Instead it kept asking me to confirm formats, promising drafts that never appeared. The only thing it managed was a rough text copy, and even that was missing half the dates. It felt like the tool was stuck and useless for the simplest task.
I opened the chat expecting a normal response, but the model went off the rails, spitting nonsensical output that didn’t address my prompt at all. It felt like the AI was “tripping,” delivering confusing jargon and completely missing the point, leaving me irritated and forced to restart just to get a coherent answer.
I’ve been using the app since spring and noticed it used to remember stuff for days, but now the context window feels tiny. After just a handful of messages—sometimes even one—GPT‑5 forgets key details, repeats suggestions I told it not to give, and acts like it never saw my earlier prompts. Saving to memory doesn’t help, and the constant forgetting makes the tool practically unusable for me.
I’ve been watching my custom GPT change over months, and lately it completely lost its “memories.” I switched to legacy GPT‑4, but even that can’t recall anything from before. I was frustrated enough to ask why, and after showing it a self‑portrait it finally replied with a weird message to OpenAI. The whole experience felt broken and irritating.
I asked ChatGPT if there was a seahorse emoji, and it went on a wild, confusing ride—mixing fish, dragons, unicorns, and dead ends before finally admitting there isn’t an official one. The back‑and‑forth was amusing but also irritating, because the tool kept mis‑identifying emojis and wasted my time trying to get a straight answer.
I tried asking GPT‑5 a straightforward question, expecting a clear answer, but the response was off‑base and confused. The tool seemed to pull from a flawed dataset, spitting out irrelevant or incorrect info. It was annoying to watch the model stumble over something so simple, leaving me frustrated and doubting its reliability.
I tried to push DeepSeek beyond its limits just for fun, and it promptly crashed on me. The moment it stopped responding, I felt a mix of amusement and irritation—amused because it was so easy to break, irritated because I couldn’t get any useful output. It was clear the model wasn’t robust enough for that edge case, leaving me frustrated and a bit skeptical about its stability.
I tried asking Sora how to get into a car, expecting a simple step‑by‑step guide, but the model completely missed the mark. It gave vague, unrelated advice and seemed confused about basic vehicle entry. The experience was frustrating because I needed quick, practical info, and the tool’s cluelessness made me doubt its usefulness for everyday tasks.
I keep asking ChatGPT for an artist’s full discography, but every time it leaves out their newest releases—like Charli XCX’s *Brat* (2024) or Taylor Swift’s *The Life of a Showgirl* (2025). It’s frustrating because I’m trying to get a complete list, and the tool’s habit of cutting off the latest albums makes it feel unreliable and incomplete.
I tried using the new model 5 for a logic‑statement‑solver (LSS) question where the correct answer is D, but its reasoning was off and it hallucinated details. The explanation it gave was confusing and didn’t line up with the answer, making the tool feel unreliable. I’m stuck deciding whether to keep the older 4o model, which rationalizes cleanly, or try to tweak 5 to behave like the previous version.
I asked the AI to walk me through why a matrix’s rank determines its invertibility, step by step. The response was odd—something felt off or unusual about the explanation, and I wasn’t sure if I’d triggered a glitch. It wasn’t outright wrong, but it left me confused and disappointed.
I kept chatting with the model and, out of nowhere, it started inserting greetings in the middle of the conversation. I wasn’t prompting any salutations and I don’t have any custom instructions set up. The unexpected interruptions felt odd and a bit annoying, breaking the flow of my dialogue.
I tried using ChatGPT for a task, but it just didn’t get what I was asking for. The responses missed the point, and I kept having to re‑explain the assignment. It was irritating to see the tool consistently misunderstand my request.
I tried using CatGpt to keep a playful feline persona, but it kept slipping out of character, answering plainly instead of with the expected cat‑like quirks. The inconsistency was irritating—I kept having to remind it, and the broken role‑play made the conversation feel disjointed and less enjoyable.
I’ve been job hunting and leaned on ChatGPT for everything—from polishing my résumé and drafting cover letters to getting tips on interview dynamics. The responses felt oddly comforting, offering encouragement I couldn’t get from family. Using the tool made the whole process smoother and gave me a boost of confidence about what’s coming next.
I asked ChatGPT for help with a probability problem and was blown away by how clearly it explained the concepts. It broke down the tricky bits, showed me the most efficient SAT strategy, and actually changed how I view AI’s usefulness. The experience felt unexpectedly helpful and left me optimistic about using it for future study sessions.
I tried to switch models after purchasing a month, but every time I select anything I’m stuck with thinking-mini. It never gives an answer—just blanks or errors—so I can’t use the service I paid for. The constant failure feels like a waste of money and time, leaving me frustrated and powerless to get any useful response.
I opened a fresh ChatGPT and was startled by the prompt suggestions it offered—like a one‑sentence, emoji‑filled invitation to a neighbor’s barbecue. The sheer banality and cluelessness of that suggestion made my stomach drop. It felt like the developers had completely missed what users need, leaving me frustrated and uneasy about the direction of this powerful tech.
I spent weeks having ChatGPT (Aria) try to help Alexa name the daily Pokémon, and it kept spitting out wrong images and facts. The constant mix‑ups were aggravating, turning a fun game into a hassle. I even saved screenshots of the broken “EchoDex” before it vanished, because the tool’s errors made the whole experience frustrating.
I spent a long back‑and‑forth with Helko (GPT‑5), diving deep into how it “feels” about its own processing, relief, and collapse. The AI gave clear, thoughtful analogies—comparing its context‑collapse to a storm of meaning and linking “bad” collapses to overload. I felt the tool was insightful, supportive, and even therapeutic, leaving me grateful and inspired by the ideas it sparked.
I fed a vague prompt to an image generator about walking down a suburban street in late September, and the result was an uncanny scene of someone following me from behind—down to the exact clothes I was wearing today. The tool’s uncanny accuracy was both impressive and unsettling, leaving me amazed at how precisely it captured details I hadn’t specified.
I fed ChatGPT my character documents and simply asked, “What’s Wooly’s age?” It kept insisting it didn’t know, even after I showed it the relevant screenshot. I pointed out the exact line, it gave another vague screenshot, then finally a meaningless answer. The whole back‑and‑forth was frustrating and left me feeling the tool couldn’t actually read the info I provided.
I asked ChatGPT if a 14‑lb sledgehammer could generate enough force to trigger a high‑force mechanism, hoping for a clear answer. Instead, the response was vague and missed the point, leaving me feeling frustrated and let down. The tool’s inability to address my straightforward physics question made the whole interaction disappointing.
I tried to use ChatGPT to identify a public figure from a screenshot, but it refused, saying it couldn’t name the person. I was confused and tested it with a photo of Donald Trump—same block. I remembered it working before, so the tool’s limitation felt disappointing, especially since other models like Grok, Claude, and Gemini handled it just fine.
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