Users Call Out ChatGPT Chat and Work Mode Distinction
Posts describe the modes creating an unclear and expedition-like experience for simple tasks.
Signüll posted that the distinction between chat and work modes in ChatGPT feels strange and has made the experience fragmented. Leaving the tool in work mode turns every simple question into an expedition involving thinking, planning, and tool use. Hiten Shah suggested users are in a UX transition phase where the answer has yet to come. Peter Yang replied that it is not great.
it’s now unclear to me that even openai realizes how strange the distinction between chat & work feels in practice & how fragmented the entire chatgpt experience has become. like if you leave it on work, every simple question or search becomes an expedition. it starts thinking,…