Tech billionaire Sam Altman’s Black Mirror-esque suggestion for getting ChatGPT to do the parenting saw him owned into next year – 19 hard nopes

Billionaire Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is never beating the allegations about tech billionaires being unable to make human connections – at least, not if he keeps posting stuff like this.

People weren’t persuaded that it was as cool as Altman seemed to think, and the mockery was absolutely and deservedly brutal.

1.

What if you just talked to your children

— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) July 31, 2026

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"ChatGPT make a podcast for my kids so I don't have to talk to them" and Cat's in the Cradle just starts playing https://t.co/IEnQinnzEu

— Matthew Sitman (@MatthewSitman) July 31, 2026

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I love when he makes his life harder for no reason by saying that something abhorrent to most people is cool or awesome https://t.co/EK7F8H0c9t

— Brooks Otterlake (@i_zzzzzz) August 1, 2026

4.

"yeah my dad AI generates podcasts about my upcoming birthday instead of talking to me while we drive to school"

— Sean // Game Dev🥀 (@sean_gause) July 31, 2026

5.

Lots to think about here, but I'm stuck on: What on earth would an LLM generated podcast have to say about some child's soccer game? https://t.co/s6sMAmqKpa

— Malcolm Harris (@BigMeanInternet) August 1, 2026

6.

I'm in awe of how sociopathic this comes off. What if I… actually enjoy talking to my family about their lives and interests? https://t.co/n0iz8UU8aB

— Helen Lewis (@helenlewis) July 31, 2026

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Telling my child to stop talking because I’m listening to the AI podcast about their soccer game and upcoming birthday. https://t.co/8mnkhsbhZs

— Jathan Sadowski (@jathansadowski) August 1, 2026

8.

Cool use case of ChatGPT:

Have it give you a summary of your family members’ lives so you don’t have to waste time getting to know them https://t.co/OU29EojLLn

— Andrew Hilary🇵🇸 (@AndrewHilaryUS) August 1, 2026

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I am begging everyone to stop outsourcing your brain to robots. Life is worth living only because we feel and control every part of it. Please don't give away your agency. pic.twitter.com/xNVxRSbLdd

— Eli McCann (@EliMcCann) August 1, 2026

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These people are so weird. https://t.co/Eh5N7G3unU

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) August 1, 2026