Rohit got locked out of his OpenAI account.
Rohit got locked out of his OpenAI account. Imagine how bad that would be if ChatGPT were the operating system for your life.
Topic: ChatGPT
208 mentions · 168 chunks · 76 episodes
30.8× distinctiveness vs baseline
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3.0x burst in 2025 Q3
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- ChatGPT appears in 168 chunks across 76 episodes, from 2024-01-29 to 2026-10-05.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 5/5/25 (2025-05-05), with 6 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with OpenAI, memory feature, and Claude, while by chunk count it sits between Google and Meta; its yearly rank moved from #13 in 2024 to #7 in 2026.
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The reaction to ChatGPT's new memory feature seems mixed.
The reaction to ChatGPT's new memory feature seems mixed. Chatbots previously had a fresh sheet of paper for each conversation. Kind of like a term limit; it can't develop p...
Alexa is not your assistant, it's Amazon's!
Alexa is not your assistant, it's Amazon's! Similarly, ChatGPT is not your assistant, it's OpenAI's. When Claude makes an artifact, it feels like it made something for you. You didn't make it, Claude did. Softwar...
The new ChatGPT model can include memories from previous conversations.
The new ChatGPT model can include memories from previous conversations. Unlike the previous memory system, this one is impossible to directly audit or control. I fin...
I was talking with someone from another industry who was gobsmacked at how prevalent open source is in software.
...thing but completely inevitable that I was surprised by their surprise. I asked ChatGPT to prepare a Deep Research report on why it is and thought it did a pretty good job. The non-rivalrous nature of software and power of abstraction se...
Claude feels divergent, ChatGPT feels convergent.
Claude feels divergent, ChatGPT feels convergent. Claude is willing to follow you on whatever wild flight of fancy you have. "What an astute observation" to even the most ridiculous...
LLMs don't have memories of their interactions with humans.
...n questions from this thread", and then pasting that summary into a new thread. ChatGPT has started adding features like "memories" but it seems half-baked[ys] and frustrating to use. Some memories I want the system to have are context-i...
We're lucky to live in a universe with high-quality LLM APIs.
...re's an alternate universe that is totally possible to imagine. OpenAI releases ChatGPT before they release any API. They don't ever release an API because it would be "dangerous" …and also undermine their app's differentiation and power...
ChatGPT could conceivably turn out to be prosumer, not consumer.
ChatGPT could conceivably turn out to be prosumer, not consumer. More like Microsoft Word than Instagram.
It's amazing how much competition there is for LLMs.
...LLM matters less than the system that stores your data. It just so happens that ChatGPT stores some state for users (e.g. memories) and is getting some stickiness… but it need not be the thing from the model providers. It's totally possi...
A few fun use cases for young kids and LLMs that some friends shared with me.
... some friends shared with me. When driving somewhere with a kid in the car, ask ChatGPT, "Tell me about gas giants" and then help the kid ask follow-up questions. You can also ask ChatGPT to come up with some quiz questions for your kid ...
An interaction pattern I've seen people do in ChatGPT: named, thematic chats.
An interaction pattern I've seen people do in ChatGPT: named, thematic chats. The default style of use of ChatGPT (in my experience) is that every conversation is a new chat. A fresh sheet of paper, tota...
LLMs are inherently bland.
LLMs are inherently bland. If you ask ChatGPT to ask you an interesting question it'll say something super generic like: "What movie or book do you think everyone should read or see, and why?" LL...
Open-ended tools can have the zombo.com problem.
...use case for users so they can get a sense of what it can do. Google Search and ChatGPT are two open-ended tools. But they are both good enough at so many things, that no matter what you do as a first use case, you're likely to have a go...
There's something clear about starting a separate conversation in e.g.
There's something clear about starting a separate conversation in e.g. ChatGPT You can see exactly what the LLM sees: what's in the conversation. You can start a fresh conversation if you want fresh context. The new ChatGPT memo...
At the beginning of the web with slow bandwidth, experimentation was harder / slower.
...the ladder of savviness in an open-ended tool. in the future we'll look back at ChatGPT and be like "wow that was super slow and limited!"
People are willing to invest effort in a product or skill if they expect there to be a return to their effort relatively soon.
... I!") A first response that is good and intriguing and invites experimentation. ChatGPT has social proof of examples of people posting great results and evangelizing them. People higher on the savviness ladder can help give encouragement...
A few people have built a way to interact with LLMs where it can ask questions about your day and help you distill a journal for reflection later.
...r day and help you distill a journal for reflection later. One way: do a GPT in ChatGPT. It's easy to do... but no way to export your journal entries anywhere. They're just stuck in chat transcripts in the system. Another way: duct tape ...
ChatGPT and LLMs have proven to be more useful to individuals than to companies.
ChatGPT and LLMs have proven to be more useful to individuals than to companies. That implies that we're still in the community garden phase, not the factory...
With situated software, you're in a direct relationship with the software.
...e. You're in the loop with the software. This solves a confusing riddle: Why is ChatGPT so compelling, but most LLM-powered UIs are underwhelming or hard to trust? In a ChatGPT conversation, you're in the loop with the LLM; you can see h...