{"id":10016,"date":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/sam-altman-awkward-reaction-chatgpt-issue\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:31:14","slug":"sam-altman-awkward-reaction-chatgpt-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/sam-altman-awkward-reaction-chatgpt-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He\u2019s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: \u201cUh, Maybe, Uhhh\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reacted awkwardly to a viral video of a ChatGPT issue.<\/p>\n

In the video<\/a>, the TikTok creator known as Husk asks ChatGPT\u2019s voice mode to start a timer for his mile run. When Husk tells it to stop the timer only seconds later, the AI claims he took over ten minutes \u2014 and then confidently insists that it\u2019s Husk, not itself, that\u2019s mistaken.<\/p>\n

Altman\u2019s reaction will raise eyebrows. After being shown the clip during an interview<\/a> on the Mostly Human podcast, he laughed soundlessly for a few seconds too long, as if to hide his speechlessness, stumped for a convincing response. \u201cUh, maybe, uhhh,\u201d he begins.<\/p>\n

When the host Laurie Segall asked if he needed to show the issue to his product team, Altman swatted it down by saying it was a \u201cknown issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe another year,\u201d Altman said, estimating how long it would take to fix. \u201cSomething like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat voice model doesn\u2019t have the tools to, like, start a timer or anything like that,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut we will add the intelligence into the voice models.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The strained response and Altman\u2019s vague promises \u2014 what does we\u2019ll \u201cadd the intelligence\u201d mean for an AI company? \u2014 raise the question of whether Altman or anyone else at OpenAI is prepared to address their tech\u2019s often serious lingering flaws. Often, the people building these systems can hide behind a PR team or choose to stay silent on wide-ranging issues, including persistent hallucinations, and the chatbots encouraging teens towards eating disorders<\/a> and suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And arguably, Altman doesn\u2019t address the biggest issue in the viral clip: that ChatGPT essentially tries to gaslight the user. In Husk\u2019s video, the confident-sounding AI consistently uses slippery turns of phrase to convince Husk that its response is in no way fallible, in a classic example of how large language models affect an authoritative tone, even when they have no idea what they\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, if only time worked that time, but I promise I\u2019m giving you the real time,\u201d it says, when Husk points out his run only lasted a few seconds. \u201cI promise I didn\u2019t sneak any extra seconds in there,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n

Husk cuts to the chase, and gives the AI an out. \u201cIf you\u2019re not able to do this, you can admit it, it\u2019s okay,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s totally okay to double check me \u2014 but I promise I\u2019m doing my best,\u201d the AI said, with an em-dash-sounding pause.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you got ten minutes?\u201d Husk presses, incredulously.<\/p>\n

\u201cYup!\u201d<\/p>\n

If the AI doesn\u2019t have the proper tools to start a timer, as Altman claims, why is it even allowed to field a prompt asking for one? Shouldn\u2019t it be candid and turn the request down, instead of stringing a user along? The answer is yes, but if AI companies were to consistently apply an approach of honesty to their AIs\u2019 other shortcomings, it would poke holes in the tech\u2019s gleaming image of omniscience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s gonna save humanity, it\u2019s gotta get it right, Sam,\u201d joked the podcast host.<\/p>\n

More on AI:<\/strong> Sam Altman Opens Up About Telling CEO of Disney That It Had All Been Smoke and Mirrors<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Sam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He\u2019s Shown Bizarre ChatGPT Issue: \u201cUh, Maybe, Uhhh\u2026\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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