Sam Altman’s concept of “cool” seems to differ from the majority.
In his X profile, he says, for instance, that “AI is cool i guess,” a statement with which many would likely disagree. He also fails to capitalize “i,” which some think is cool, but not all.
And when the OpenAI CEO shared what he called a “cool use case” for ChatGPT on X this week, the reception was not cool. It was cold.
“connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests,” he wrote, in lowercase, adding that it was not his own idea but one he heard. “every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid’s soccer game that afternoon…
