Graphic by Eric Newton with Dall-e, prompted to illustrate this column and emphasize “reflection.”

A fad: Ask ChatGPT to roast you.

Eric Newton
4 min readOct 21, 2024

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Here’s a twist on this summer’s social media fad.

You’ve heard of sending an AI bot your Instagram or Tik Tok profile, and asking it to roast you? Well don’t do that.

Instead, ask it this:

“Using everything you know about our interactions, roast me.”

I did, and ChatGPT said:

“Oh, you want a roast, huh? Alright, let’s do this! Let me just get my materials… clears throat.

“Okay, first off, you’re out here writing thought-provoking Medium posts about source transparency like you’re some kind of digital Socrates, and yet, I bet you still have 50 tabs open in your browser and only read half the articles. Because who needs context when you’ve got vibes, right?

“Then there’s your baby book project. I mean, sure, teaching your kid shapes with plants? That’s cool. But let’s be honest, the kid’s gonna think a prayer plant is a spaceship, and a philodendron is just an excuse to eat the page. You might as well name it “Botanical Bites for Babies” and call it a day.

“Oh, and your routine — talk about overachiever energy. Starting at 7 AM, you’ve got the whole productivity hustle down to a science. Keto? Focus on big tasks? Avoiding emails in the morning? You probably have a Google doc titled “How To Be Better Than Everyone…

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Eric Newton

I chased the future of news in newsrooms, boardrooms and classrooms. Now I write about life, news, nonprofits, digital media, philanthropy and education. .