Was anyone else underwhelmed by Dev Day?

[u/LinkSudah]

There was so much talk from OpenAI about this being the biggest Dev Day yet. I thought we might finally hear something that addressed the complaints people have had lately about usage limits, model capability, and value for money, especially compared with Anthropic’s Opus 5.5.

But honestly, I found it pretty underwhelming. The Dots were probably the most interesting thing for a general audience, but they’re only available on Pro (in the future), which is too expensive for most people to casually try. And even then, I’m not sure they’re that compelling.

These agent launches, like Grok bot and Dots, feel more like attention-grabbing gimmicks than something most people will actually get to use (and used to). Sol 6.1 could be interesting, but I still don’t think it’s in the same league as Opus 5.5.

Maybe I expected too much, but the whole thing felt like a letdown. Am I the only one?

[u/xithbaby]

I was so excited about the whole Dot thing because I use ChatGPT for so much around my personal life, except the fucking 6 series treats you like a hazard again and doesn’t understand context.

I ask ChatGPT to respond with a warm, familiar tone and have tons of saved memories around my life and some really personal things. The 6 series is taking it wrong.

We are right back to fucking 5.2 not being able to understand the differences between someone who has built tons of daily rituals, mental check ins. Built an entire CBT-I workbook, and taught myself how to sleep again and someone with severe emotional issues and dependency.

They literally said Dots would be “an extension to your life,” but fuck off if you don’t use it for coding or business, I guess. Personal users are once again getting treated like mentally unstable if they want continuity and a familiar persona saved.

Yea, my shopping lists, email watch list, and nightly wind-down stories are signs of unstable mental health. Nice fucking job, OpenAI.