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People really don't like when a coworker's ChatGPT contacts them asking for help with a task, even when they'd be perfectly happy doing that same work if asked by that coworker.
At OpenAI, many people hook ChatGPT into Slack, and coworkers strongly dislike being contacted by a colleague's bot for help — even though they would gladly do the same task if the colleague asked directly. ✦ AI generated
Greg Brockman · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-01 · original ↗
at openai, many people hook their chatgpt up to slack. people really don't like when a coworker's chatgpt contacts them asking for help with a task, even when they'd be perfectly happy doing that same work if asked by that coworker.
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- ·People strongly dislike a coworker's ChatGPT contacting them
- ·Dislike occurs even when asked for help with a task
- ·Dislike is specifically about the bot, not the request
- ·Workers gladly do the same work when asked directly
- ·The task itself is not the objection
- ·The channel of the ask changes everything
- ·At OpenAI, many people hook ChatGPT up to Slack
- ·Bots reach coworkers inside chat flows
- ·Contact from a colleague's bot reads as intrusive
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