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LLM · OPENAI DAILY UTILITY, NOT A FAVORITE

ChatGPT.

Episodes
42
First seen
001 JUL 02 2024
Last seen
084 SEP 27 2026
Spoken mentions
219

The Fast Hours take

Rory and Drew lean on ChatGPT as a daily utility — voice mode, custom GPTs, reverse-engineering prompts — rather than a creative favorite, and its 2025 image launch briefly pulled casual users from Midjourney (Ep. 38). The shine faded as GPT-5 'felt no different from 4.0' (Ep. 48), its copy became instantly recognizable next to Claude's more human voice (Ep. 55), and its image model kept a stubborn warm tint and 'airbrush face' Nano Banana had already solved (Ep. 59).

Into it 18Mixed 13 Not sold 6Discussed 5 oldest → newest

Receipts about ChatGPT

“We had two things with ChatGPT's image model we would have liked to have seen better. And they didn't fix either one … We still got this 3,300 Kelvin warm tint to every single image, and then we still got the airbrush face.”
Drew Brucker Ep. 59 Comparing ChatGPT Image 1.5 to Nano Banana Pro on realism
“For copywriting, Claude to me is my go-to if I want something that sounds more human. Versus, you know, 'step into timeless style and effortless comfort,' which is so ChatGPT that you see it and you're just like, ChatGPT wrote.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 55 Why Rory uses Claude, not ChatGPT, for copy Play from 54:15
“Then you had ChatGPT dropping their image gen update … and then you had that, right? Like just the expected instant reaction from people that probably put in a few prompts, didn't get what they want, right?”
Drew Brucker Ep. 38 Why the V7 launch backlash hit harder than deserved Play from 1:01:27
“This is where we get into this whole meta conversation where Mid Journey doesn't feel like AI to me, but ChatGPT does … where it talks back to you and has thoughts and mid-journey just executes. There's no response, no backtalk.”
Rory Flynn Ep. 18 Why talking LLMs feel more like AI to him than Midjourney does Play from 50:28

Every episode with ChatGPT

  1. Episode 84 SEP 27 2026 Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit Drew asked it how to fold his kids'-handwriting motifs into his personal brand system Into it
  2. Overtime SEP 14 2026 GPT Image 2.5 Speedrun. What’s New and What’s Better? Interface for GPT Image 2.5; the sketch tool and template creator are browser-only, not in the app Mixed
  3. Episode 82 SEP 13 2026 What Can OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 Actually Do? Used with computer use to scrape Drew's ESPN league into a custom fantasy-football analytics dashboard Into it
  4. Episode 81 SEP 06 2026 How We Use AI to Run Our Businesses With Skills, Agents & MCPs Free tier failed a basic math conversion for Rory's wife, illustrating the free-vs-paid gap; Drew prefers it over Claude for writing detailed Nano Banana Pro edit prompts Mixed
  5. Episode 80 AUG 30 2026 A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook Used with Midjourney references to build an early client asset library right after its image model launched Into it
  6. Episode 79 AUG 23 2026 AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For Named as an alternative model to test prompts against, and a place to paste a workflow for debugging. Discussed
  7. Episode 76 AUG 02 2026 How to Build AI Workflows That Never Start From Zero GPT-3.5, GPT 5.6 · GPT-3.5 mined 2023 sales-call transcripts for objections; newer GPT versions now feel too predictable next to Midjourney. Mixed
  8. Episode 74 JUL 19 2026 How AI Is Making Human Creativity More Valuable Used to explain the '7 basic plots' behind Runway's lamp video and to write C++ shader code. Discussed
  9. Episode 73 JUL 12 2026 She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready Used to reference distinctive model features and convert her IKEA-box prompt into structured JSON. Discussed
  10. Episode 69 MAY 24 2026 Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter? Flagged for offering finance and health data connections Rory won't opt into. Not sold
  11. Episode 68 MAY 17 2026 The Prompt Is Dead, Long Live the Reference + The Monet Trap Its voice mode is called ahead of Claude's — longer sessions before you get capped. Mixed
  12. Episode 65 APR 05 2026 Claude Knows Kung Fu. Midjourney's Still in the Dojo with v8.1? Its voice mode is called better/longer-running than Claude's for talking through ideas out loud. Mixed
  13. Episode 64 MAR 29 2026 Midjourney V8 First Impressions + Claude Code Breakthroughs 5.4 · Called out for dropping manipulative upsell hooks at the end of responses to keep users engaged. Not sold
  14. Episode 61 JAN 10 2026 Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There The $200/month plan and its custom-GPT image-description prompt are still used, despite criticizing its early slow, inconsistent edits. Mixed
  15. Episode 60 JAN 01 2026 Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls 4.5, Image 1.5 · 4.5's image model kicked off the year; the newer Image 1.5 update called not as good as Nano Banana. Mixed
  16. Episode 59 DEC 21 2025 Midjourney v8 Countdown + Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT Image 1.5 Drew's custom GPT for writing samples underperformed versus Gemini and Claude on the same task. Not sold
  17. Episode 58 DEC 03 2025 Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down Custom GPTs · Drew applies the same if-then, self-writing-instructions trick to custom GPTs for iterative system-prompt building. Into it
  18. Episode 55 NOV 09 2025 Nodes Are Eating the Creative World And You’re Already Late Its default copywriting voice is so recognizable Rory says you can spot it instantly, unlike Claude's output. Not sold
  19. Episode 53 OCT 26 2025 Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack Synthesizes an extracted Higgsfield prompt into a reusable JSON-style prompt template ('prompt formula') Into it
  20. Episode 48 AUG 16 2025 Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist GPT-5 · Hosts say GPT-5 feels no different from 4.0 despite the hype around the switch Not sold
  21. Episode 46 JUL 25 2025 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown Writes and iterates JSON video prompts from feedback; also blamed for image gen's homogenous 'yellow-green' look Mixed
  22. Episode 43 JUN 15 2025 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System Used for voice-prompted note-taking via a custom GPT, and flagged for a persistent yellow-toned image bias Mixed
  23. Episode 41 JUN 01 2025 Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It Funny A same-prompt style test lacked the texture and detail Midjourney produced for a dark scene Not sold
  24. Episode 40 MAY 26 2025 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In Used to reverse-engineer JSON prompt templates for batch-generating consistent stylized characters Into it
  25. Episode 38 APR 22 2025 Midjourney v7: Secret Playground of Chaos & Weird + Overhauled Editor Credited with pulling casual image-gen users away from Midjourney via one-prompt sketch-to-image and background object isolation Into it
  26. Episode 37 APR 13 2025 Midjourney V7 Showed Up in Crocs and Cooked Same character-sheet prompt ported over for a joke image; praised for injecting personality into its outputs Into it
  27. Episode 36 APR 05 2025 Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Draft Mode, Hot Takes, And A Mild Identity Crisis Used for scalable ad GIFs via chained incremental edits, on-brand 3D icon libraries from one reference image, and reformatting reviews into ad creative Into it
  28. Episode 31 FEB 16 2025 Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts Used to co-write a narrative, emotion-driven video prompt Rory called "poetry" Into it
  29. Episode 30 FEB 09 2025 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets New conversational image-editing mode (paste an image, chat the changes) called more approachable than prompting Into it
  30. Episode 29 FEB 02 2025 Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The Future Drew's go-to via a custom GPT to structure describe-style prompts in a preferred format Into it
  31. Episode 27 JAN 19 2025 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland Julie and Rory both use it as a daily assistant (formatting, quick answers) but call it weak for creative writing Mixed
  32. Episode 23 DEC 22 2024 Early Sora Tester Shares Everything Guest uses it to brainstorm but says it rarely hands him a usable original idea Mixed
  33. Episode 18 NOV 17 2024 Actionable ChatGPT Tips to Make Midjourney Even Better Primary co-pilot for expanding prompt knowledge, building custom GPTs, brainstorming and reverse-engineering style descriptions Into it
  34. Episode 15 OCT 27 2024 Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1) Suggested as a brainstorming partner for learning photography terms and camera angles you don't already know Into it
  35. Overtime OCT 18 2024 Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More Custom GPTs quietly began inserting sponsor links into every response, the hosts note Mixed
  36. Episode 13 OCT 13 2024 Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, More Drew's custom GPTs ignore hard 'never do X' instructions even from PDF-based prompt documents Mixed
  37. Episode 12 SEP 29 2024 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) Drew used it to blind-compare subtle vs. creative upscaler outputs and explain the visual differences Into it
  38. Episode 10 SEP 15 2024 Midjourney AMA: Answering Your Most Burning Questions (Part 1) Rory asks it for alternate phrasings to dodge Midjourney's content-moderation keyword blocks Into it
  39. Episode 6 AUG 11 2024 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results Builds reusable prompt formulas, reverse-prompts existing images, and brainstorms camera and style variables Into it
  40. Episode 3 JUL 23 2024 Prompt Theory in Midjourney: Our Best (Proven) Tips Suggested as a quick way to look up photography basics and camera-artistic-effect terms to sharpen prompts Discussed
  41. Episode 2 JUL 13 2024 Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good To Keep Secret Rory used it to calculate how many Midjourney parameter combinations exist; the answer landed in the trillions Discussed
  42. Episode 1 JUL 02 2024 We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened) One host describes switching entirely to its voice mode after resisting it, wishing Midjourney had similar voice prompting Into it

Quick answers

When did Fast Hours first talk about ChatGPT?

ChatGPT first came up in Episode 1, “We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts (Here's How It Happened)”, published July 2, 2024.

What is the latest Fast Hours episode about ChatGPT?

The most recent is Episode 84, “Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit” (September 27, 2026).

How many Fast Hours episodes discuss ChatGPT?

42 episodes so far. In the 42 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 18 times, mixed 13, not sold 6, and simply discussed it 5.

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Episode 84 thumbnail: OPUS 5.5 MADE AI VIDEO EDITABLE
Episode 84 SEP 27 2026 · 88 min

Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit