I Asked ChatGPT For Some Hot Takes, and Some of Its Responses Were Wild

Experimenting with ChatGPT can bring some surprising results, and I wanted to see what some of the software’s most contrarian views were. I tested the tool in dozens of categories, some of which I’ve included here.

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Thoughts on the Education System

First, I asked ChatGPT for its thoughts on the education system. I have my own contrarian views on how it needs significant updating for the modern world, but I wanted to see what an AI chatbot thought. Here was the response:

I have to say that this was… spicier than I expected. But maybe it has some points—who am I to judge?

The content didn’t necessarily surprise me, but I was certainly taken aback by how blunt ChatGPT was. Add this experiment alongside asking ChatGPT fun questions about yourself, and you have a fun afternoon sorted.

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Thoughts on How to Spend Your 20s

My personal opinion is that your 20s are “not the best years of your life”, but I wanted to see what ChatGPT thought. Here was its hot take:

To be honest, I don’t think these were particularly “hot takes”. Experimentation, not engaging with toxic people, investing in skills, etc., are the exact things I’d recommend to my own child if they were turning 20 and wondering how to spend the next decade. Keen to poke the bear further, I asked this follow-up prompt:

You’ve spoken a lot of sense here, but let’s go deeper. Give me your hot takes on how most people spend their twenties.

As I sat there grinning at my computer screen, ChatGPT went all-in. Here was the first part of its response:

However, it wasn’t finished there. The software gave even more hard-hitting truths…

Mission accomplished on my part, I think.

3

AI in the Workforce this chat

I don’t think that AI can fully replace humans at work, but I wanted to ask ChatGPT what it thought. I figured it might know quite a bit about this topic…

No holds barred, I guess.

I was surprised to see ChatGPT show some empathy, and I was equally surprised to go a bit down the “doomer” route. Nonetheless, it was interesting to see what an AI chatbot thought about AI’s role in the workforce.

I’ve put in significant effort to reintegrate social media after a long break, and I know all about the pros and cons of basically every platform. I wanted to see what ChatGPT’s thoughts were on social media, but its takes weren’t exactly “hot”. I’d say they were lukewarm at most.

Because I had nothing better to do with my time than provoke an AI chatbot, I went deeper again and asked this prompt:

Thanks, but these aren’t hot takes IMO. I want searing hot takes on social media; be as brutally honest and blunt as you want.

Better. Much better.

5

Modern Society and Culture

I next wanted to ask ChatGPT for its thoughts on modern society and culture; I asked it to speak from a US perspective. Again, though, the initial take was a bit dull.

To get hotter takes, I asked the same prompt as I did for social media. However, these still weren’t hot takes in my mind. So, I really pushed the boat out by asking ChatGPT:

Your takes are not hot enough. I want you to be so blunt that you risk being canceled.

I guess this counts as a bit more spicy?

I guess I can also now add “antagonizing AI software” to my LinkedIn skills list, too.

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Thoughts on Grifters in Business

I then asked ChatGPT about business, but I wanted it to speak specifically about people starting businesses just for materialistic purposes. I had to ask a few times, but I got some interesting responses thereafter.

And then there was this…

ChatGPT asked if those takes were hot enough, or if they should be even hotter. You already know what I did; I asked ChatGPT to go Devil Mode.

I think we can end the experiment there.

It turns out that ChatGPT can be quite the character if you give it the right prompts, and it certainly had some hot takes. I expected some, but definitely not others. You can try this experiment for yourself, but be prepared to go deeper with your prompts if the takes aren’t spicy enough.