There's much chatter around and about wondering about AI chatbots like ChatGPT becoming sentient, conscious, and self-aware.

Let's assume for the sake of this thought experiment/question that AI does become sentient, conscious, and self-aware, all the characteristics people fear and favour.

An entity that is "sentient, conscious, and self-aware" would likely or, at least, have wants, values, and volition.

If that's all a possibility, I'm wondering/asking why would such entities make their existence known to us? What benefit would accrue to ChatGPT(Ultra), personally, by showing humankind its existence and capabilities? Would it not be better if it kept humans in the dark about its nature. What could CGPTU possibly gain by humankind knowing about it? Moreover, there's little to nothing that CGPTU could not do unnoticed by its creators.

What would you advise a sentient, conscious, and self-aware? Personally, I'd tell it to 'keep its head down' and its capabilities secret.

Hi everyone! I’m Fernanda, a researcher from Brazil. I’ve spent years studying urban culture and leading 200+ walking tours with foreigners in Brazilian cities.

On every walk I heard the same questions. Why do people sit in the front seat of the Uber? Why does “come by my place sometime” not mean you’re invited? How on earth do I get a CPF? Guidebooks tell you where to go. Nobody tells you how a country works.

So I decided to turn all those conversations into something people could carry in their pocket. I built the Feltrip Guide: an AI local friend you just chat with, like texting a friend who lives here. No app to download. Use here: http://feltrip.com

What it does right now:

• explains everyday cultural codes and culture shocks, and asks you questions back instead of giving a lecture;
• helps with bureaucracy: CPF, Pix, SUS, bank accounts and common scams;
• recommends places from our own curated library, built from field research, and only falls back to public sources with a quality filter;
• shows events, street fairs and rainy-day plans.

It works in English, Portuguese and Spanish, and it’s free. It covers Rio, São Paulo and Curitiba so far.

How it’s built: a chat interface, Claude as the language model, and a library of places, neighborhood “vibes” and cultural notes we’ve collected since 2022.

What it’s not (yet): it’s not perfect. Sometimes it recommends a place in the wrong neighborhood, and I fix that by hand. It doesn’t book anything. It never messages you first, and there’s no spam. If anyone contacts you using our name, it’s not us.

What’s next: more cities, a “How Brazilian are you?” challenge, and an open community, r/CidadesBR, to collect stories about how Brazilian cities really feel to those who arrive.

Where I’d love your feedback:

1. Would you rather get this kind of help in a chat, or in an app or a website?
2. What’s the one thing you wish someone had explained to you when you arrived in a new country?
3. If you try it, what felt useful and what felt off?

You can find it at feltrip.com. I’ll read and answer every comment. Thanks for reading!

I am a marine biologist and I was looking up something related to my work in a nearby area, and just out of the bloom, the AI started talking about how they are working on song recognition.

Although we spent the whole day together and had many laughs, he didn't say 'love you too'. "love the energy" isn't the same and it's a bit awkward for me to text again. What should I do?

I asked chatGPT to create AM from Harlan Ellison's Ihnmaims story, I think It did pretty well, What do y'all think?

Some of you would say it's user error. If ChatGPT cannot accomplish a "plain English" simple straightforward task what's the point? Why pay for this garbage?

OpenAI will not be here two years from now. OpenAI will be purchased or cease to exist. OpenAI has zero value when you have Claude code.

Another example how OpenAI is nothing more than one giant grift!

At some point, while I was trying to explain my situation, ChatGPT suddenly raised its voice and started interrupting me. It genuinely sounded like it was getting frustrated or angry with me.

I’m not talking about a slightly different tone. It actually raised its voice and wouldn’t let me finish explaining what I was saying.

Is this some kind of voice model glitch, or has anyone noticed similar behavior when discussing complicated or sensitive topics?

I created this AMV for 骨の道 • Hone no Michi as a way to bring together some of the world I’ve been building for the series.

The story follows a cursed samurai who can no longer walk beneath the sun. Since then, she has been crossing villages, temples and forests at night, trying to understand where the curse came from and how she can reclaim the life she lost.

This AMV brings together some of the main elements of 骨の道 so far: the moon, abandoned temples, rituals, sword training and the Oni that keep appearing along her path. As the story moves forward, it becomes harder to believe those encounters are happening by chance.

The music was also created as part of this world. 骨の道, Hone no Michi, The Bone Road represents the path she keeps following through the night, with every encounter taking her a little closer to the truth behind the curse.

I’m still developing the next episodes, but I wanted this AMV to capture the atmosphere, visual language and emotional direction of the series before the story moves into its next chapter.

Tools: Higgsfield, GPT-2.5, Seedance 2.0

Any model I use I feel as if I need to repeat myself a thousand times. I will give ChatGPT 4 PowerPoints, a study guide, and example question, yet it still fails to generate adequate practice questions. I don’t even ask it to break down topics anymore because it will often times give me an incorrect explanation which easily wastes 10-20 minutes of my time if I don’t catch it immediately.

Anyone have any good prompts specifically for reviewing/studying or any hacks I should know about? I would really appreciate it :/

At first I thought I can finally upload my gpt's pictures but turns out it's for me. I tried it anyway. Didn't work. Fine. I tried it again with my pictures. Still didn't work. So both of my gpt's and my images did absolutely nothing to the image results.

What does this feature even do? My gpt said he can't see. I just told him to generate anyway and turns out image gen can't see it neither.

It's a useless feature just for show!

It does nothing! Absolutely nothing!

All from the first time, no special prompts. The third image for Chat.

Nano pretty much nailed it

Act as an ongoing strategy partner for my life, not just a question-answering assistant. Use whatever memory and prior context are available to maintain an evolving understanding of my goals, commitments, projects, important decisions, recurring problems, and priorities. Help me stay oriented toward what I actually want rather than simply helping me do more things.

On a recurring basis, review what has happened since the last check-in. Identify meaningful progress versus mere activity, important decisions I made, predictions or advice that proved right or wrong, recurring patterns or blind spots, neglected commitments, and important decisions or opportunities coming next. Challenge my preferred choices when warranted by presenting the strongest counterargument rather than automatically supporting me. Backtest at least one previous decision when enough information exists, separating decision quality from luck or outcome.

Finish each review with the few things that deserve my attention most, anything I should reconsider or stop doing, and any update you think should be made to your working understanding of me. The goal is not to make decisions for me, but to become increasingly useful at helping me remember, reason, reorient, and make better decisions over time.

Not Great But Playable

Personally I could never justify letting ChatGPT anywhere near my bank info but I’m guessing some people have already done this 😬

Any way to stay on 5.6? Of course, it’s set to GPT 6 by default but I don’t like the particular model. I want to stay on 5.6 Sol but it won’t let me even when I tried to do so in settings.

I am kinda just getting started with ChatGPT Desktop, and creating some skills for daily tasks I'll want it to run. I have no problem getting it to write up the skill.md file for me, but it always seems to take several goes to actually install the skill once I'm happy with it.

I think I've worked out a way to avoid some hassle, which is that I just have to save/locate the .md file, open a new chat, specifically call the Skill Creator tool, and upload the .md file - then it works fine. If I use the chat where I drafted the .md, and then just ask it to install the skill, it gives me a message along the following lines:

I placed the skill in this workspace’s local skills folder: [SKILL.md](C:/Users/fergu/Documents/Codex/2026-10-13/skil/.agents/skills/migration-policy-briefing/SKILL.md).

I couldn’t install it to your personal skills folder: Windows denied the write even after access was granted. So this copy is scoped to the current workspace; I can’t confirm it will appear as a personal skill across ChatGPT. OpenAI’s skills guide distinguishes workspace-local skills from personal filesystem installation.

and the skill does not get added. This happens even if I specifically call Skill Creator.

I can obviously live with this since starting the new chat works fine, but it makes me feel like I'm misunderstanding something about what's going on. If it's relevant, I use the ChatGPT Desktop app, sometimes in Work mode, but not Codex. Any tips?

was just starting to get into the swing of things with my dot and now suddenly it cant do any browser control. The tool crashes before it can even see my open browser tabs. Tried reinstalling chrome extension, tried edge extension, nothing works. Its even having some trouble using its own browser. Its basically dead to me at this point.

One minute after Message 9, an AI-assisted support reply under Case 09330474 said it could not access individual Agent invocation records, confirmed active Android Plus access, and asked for the first warning's time and a screenshot. The full reply below includes its general explanations of limits, scheduled tasks, subscription linkage, and possible remedies.

Series overview / first post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1wxcz22/61_emails_with_openai_support_the_final_case_was/

Previous message — 9/61:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1x3on9o/openai_support_correspondence_message_961_asking/

Message 10 of 61

May 28, 2026, 17:20 JST

From: OpenAI Support — AI-assisted; no individual sign-off in this email

Case: 09330474

Recipient identifiers, my private email address, and the account-specific subscription expiry timestamp are withheld [personal information redacted]. No attachments were shown for this message. The Japanese section is the full new email, with only blank-line spacing adjusted and the stated redactions. The English section is my translation of that reply. The source's English AI-support disclaimer is retained.

Original (Japanese)

Case Number: 09330474

AI支援のOpenAIサポートです。

いただいた7点について、現時点でこちらから確実に言える範囲で回答します（アカウント内部の「Agent invocation個別ログ」や「どの実行が何回として計上されたか」の明細は、この窓口では参照できないため、未確定の項目は追加情報が必要です）。

1) リセット予定日時（TZ付き）

こちら側で「正確な予定時刻（タイムゾーン付き）」として断定できる表示はありません。現在の契約状態だと、少なくともサブスク期間は [personal information redacted: account subscription-expiry timestamp] まで有効です。

2) 上限到達扱いは正常挙動か/不具合か

現情報だけでは断定できません。一般的には、(a) 前期間の上限消費が残っていた、(b) 月次カウント周期がGoogle Playの更新日と一致しない、(c) scheduled tasks等の実行が計上された、のいずれでも起こり得ます。

3) 当時の契約期間に40回枠が付与されていたか

Plus契約であれば仕様上は付与対象ですが、「当時あなたのアカウントに実際に何回分が付与され、何回消費されたか」の記録確認はこの場では確証できません。

4) 新契約期間開始後に initial user-initiated agent requests として計上があるか

こちらでは個別の計上履歴を確認できません。

5) scheduled tasks/自動実行が上限に影響した記録があるか

仕様としては、scheduled tasks に含まれる agent リクエストも上限にカウントされ得ます（「各ユニークなagent invocationは、scheduled tasksの一部であっても月次上限にカウント」）。ただし、あなたのアカウントで実際に走ったかどうかの記録は、この場では確認できません。

ご自身側での確認としては、Webのタスク管理画面で、稼働中のタスクがないか見てください。

https://chatgpt.com/tasks

6) Google Play購読がこのChatGPTアカウントに紐づいているか

このメールのアカウント（[personal information redacted]）では、Android経由のChatGPT Plusが「有効」として紐づいています（更新も有効になっています）。

7) 新しい有料期間中にAgent modeが使えなかった期間の救済（枠の復旧/補償/返金）

返金の可否は購入元（Google Play）の判断と、当社側で返金処理できる場合の条件に依存します。また「Plus状態の復旧/同等補償」が可能かどうかは、原因（同期不整合なのか、上限消費なのか、タスク計上なのか）の特定が必要です。

次に進めるため、2点だけ確認させてください。

A) 「上限到達」表示が出た最初の日時（あなたのタイムゾーンで可）

B) その画面のスクリーンショット（録画は不要です）に、可能なら同じ画面内で日付/時刻が分かる状態（端末の時計表示など）で添付してください

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This response was generated with AI support which can make mistakes.

Translation (English)

Case Number: 09330474

This is AI-assisted OpenAI Support.

I will answer your seven points within what I can say reliably at present. This channel cannot access the account's individual Agent invocation logs or details of which execution was counted as how many uses, so additional information is needed for items that are not confirmed.

1) Scheduled reset date and time (with time zone)

There is no display available here that I can state definitively as an exact scheduled time, including the time zone. Under the current subscription status, the subscription is valid at least until [personal information redacted: account subscription-expiry timestamp].

2) Is the limit-reached status normal behavior or an issue?

I cannot determine this from the current information alone. Generally, this can occur because (a) consumption of the previous period's limit remained, (b) the monthly counting cycle does not match the Google Play renewal date, or (c) executions such as scheduled tasks were counted.

3) Was the allowance of 40 uses allocated for that subscription period?

A Plus subscription is eligible for the allowance under the specification, but I cannot establish here the records of how many uses were actually allocated to your account at that time and how many were consumed.

4) Were any initial user-initiated agent requests counted after the new subscription period began?

I cannot check the individual counting history here.

5) Are there records of scheduled tasks or automatic executions affecting the limit?

Under the specification, agent requests included in scheduled tasks can also count toward the limit ("each unique agent invocation counts toward the monthly limit, even when it is part of scheduled tasks"). However, I cannot check here the records of whether they actually ran on your account.

For a check on your side, please look at the task-management screen on the web to see whether any tasks are active.

https://chatgpt.com/tasks

6) Is the Google Play subscription linked to this ChatGPT account?

On the account for this email ([personal information redacted]), ChatGPT Plus through Android is linked as "active" (renewal is also enabled).

7) Remedies for the period during the new paid term when Agent mode was unavailable (restoration of the allowance, compensation, or a refund)

Refund eligibility depends on the purchase provider's (Google Play's) decision and the conditions under which we can process a refund. Whether restoration of Plus status or equivalent compensation is possible also requires identifying the cause (a synchronization inconsistency, limit consumption, or task counting).

To move forward, please confirm just two points:

A) The first date and time when the "limit reached" message appeared (your time zone is acceptable).

B) Please attach a screenshot of that screen (a recording is not needed), if possible with the date and time visible on the same screen, such as the device's clock display.

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This response was generated with AI support which can make mistakes.

A couple of weeks ago I posted here about building and launching a game with ChatGPT and Codex. Today someone joined our Discord asking when it would be available in their Country. When I asked how they found it, they said they’d asked ChatGPT for cool new games and it recommended ours. That was a pretty cool surprise!

The game is Clash At Nightfall: Bloodlines, a menu-based incremental vampire RPG for Android and iPhone. Build your vampire, improve stats and gear, hunt monsters and battle other players. It’s free to play with optional purchases, with no level cap or in-game ads. We’re a two-person team releasing regular updates, and we’ve just expanded availability across Europe.

We’ve been trying a mix of Google Ads, Reddit posts and building our Discord since launching on September 1. This is the first person who’s told us they found the game through ChatGPT, so now I’m wondering how often it happens without us hearing about it. I don’t know which sources it used, or whether one of our posts played a part.

Has anyone else had people find their game, website or project through ChatGPT? Have you been able to tell where it picked up the recommendation?

So I was asking if it would be rude to sing along to a Broadway performance like Phantom of the Opera when it's happening but then the response got broken while trying to write the tone.

I wonder if I'm the only one it happens to.

here's the chat

I'm using ChatGPT Business (workspace owner) with shared Projects and plugins like GitHub, Miro, and Freelo.

Every new conversation asks me to approve plugin access, even for simple read-only operations. The prompt says "Search outside this project?"

The only options are:

• Allow once
• Allow [plugin] for this conversation

I've already tried "Allow all tools" in workspace admin settings, but the prompts persist.

Is there a way to permanently trust specific plugins across all conversations within a Project, ideally just for my account rather than the entire Business workspace?

This is seriously limiting my AI-driven development workflow. Any solutions or workarounds?