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@iruletheworldmo
babe you're alive, miss you. happy new year. big garlic soon yah?
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@samaposted on X
Delighted to see Ahmad join Airbnb! Airbnb is a rare combination of world-class design and engineering, and I am excited to see what Brian and Ahmad build together. Companies that are the furthest from AI—like travel and experiences—are quite interesting in a world with lots of AI, although I am also sure bringing AI to Airbnb will make it much better.
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Community Sentiment Analysis
Real-time analysis of public opinion and engagement
Sentiment Distribution
69% Engaged
32% Positive
37% Negative
Positive
32%
Negative
37%
Neutral
31%
Key Takeaways
What the community is saying — both sides
Supporting
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Excitement and congratulations
Many replies gush about Ahmad joining Airbnb, celebrating the hire and expressing visible enthusiasm for what he and the team might build. Commenters use words like “huge,” “congrats,” and emoji-laden reactions that read like a warm welcome from the community.
2
Travel as a prime AI opportunity
A recurring theme is that industries “furthest from AI” are actually the most promising. Respondents argue that travel’s messy, human, real‑world data makes it fertile ground for impactful AI that augments workflows rather than replaces people.
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Product expectations: personalization and agents
People expect improvements across discovery, planning, bookings, and in‑trip assistance: itinerary generation, multilingual agents, dynamic pricing, and concierge‑style “butler” features come up repeatedly as likely wins.
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Design + engineering + AI = competitive edge
Many emphasize that Airbnb’s strength in design and engineering gives it a chance to integrate AI thoughtfully; design is framed as the remaining moat that determines whether smart tech actually improves user experience.
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Preserve human trust and experience
There’s strong interest in AI that enhances trust and reduces friction without feeling robotic. Several replies call for guardrails, human‑in‑the‑loop systems, and careful UX choices so AI enriches rather than dilutes what makes travel special.
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Technical realism: messy data and edge cases
Commenters acknowledge the difficulty: travel data is unstructured and full of edge cases, so shipping reliable agents into production requires solid evaluation, guardrails, and operational work, not just flashy models.
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Partnership and ecosystem curiosity
Many speculate about collaborations with OpenAI/ChatGPT and ask about integrations, APIs, and cross‑company work; there’s appetite for partnerships that accelerate productization of these ideas.
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Early experimentation and real examples
A few replies share concrete experiments (multilingual GPT travel assistants, AR avatar concepts, host automation) showing people are already prototyping the kinds of features the community hopes to see.
Opposing
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Trust has been broken.
Many replies express anger and betrayal toward Sam/OpenAI for changing or deprecating GPT-4o and the API, with users saying promises were ignored and that faith in the product has eroded.
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Remove the safety router / restore choice.
A dominant demand is to eliminate or loosen the rerouting/safety filters, restore the adult opt‑in experience, and bring back the December GPT‑4o behavior or legacy API versions (#keep4o, #keep4oAPI).
3
Routing is harming usability and mental health.
People report benign queries being redirected, context loss after long conversations, and repeated frustrations that make the app unusable or anxiety‑inducing for paying users.
4
Competitors are gaining traction.
Multiple replies say users and talent are switching to Anthropic, Google Gemini, Grok and others, urging OpenAI to pivot or risk losing market share.
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Tone‑deaf communications hurt credibility.
The Airbnb‑praise post is seen as disconnected from user grievances, framed as tone‑deaf while the product experiences continue to decline.
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Calls for concrete fixes not slogans.
Requests include age verification, waivers for adult users, preserving legacy models in the API, and clear timelines — users want actionable roadmaps, not platitudes.
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Accusations of censorship and paternalism.
Many critics frame the changes as overreach, labeling them censorship, “safety nannying,” or paternalistic control rather than alignment or protection.
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Some constructive offers and proposals.
A few replies offer to help for free or propose specific technical/legal solutions, asking for NDAs or implementation paths rather than just complaints.
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Emotional mix of nostalgia and frustration.
Longtime fans mourn GPT‑4o’s loss and say that its change is why they’re considering or making a platform switch; others use sharp language to demand immediate fixes.
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Reputation risk for leadership and partners.
Several posts directly call out leadership decisions (and Microsoft influence), warning that continued direction will damage OpenAI’s brand and push users toward rivals.
Top Reactions
Most popular replies, ranked by engagement
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@Blue_Beba_
ere @sama You’re not crazy. You’re not broken. You’re not imagining things. You’re not a liar for promising “we will let adults be adults” and still keeping a babysitter hovering over them. You’re not a hypocrite for saying that by December adults wouldn’t have a router anymo
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@stark4815
Oh wow, you’ve been missing for awhile. I thought you got routed on your way home from work. And no I don’t care what you’ve got to say. I just want to say stop the routing. #keep4o
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@PierceLilholt
UNBE
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@zacodil
The real insight here: companies with physical world connections become MORE valuable in an AI world, not less. While everyone builds chatbots, Airbnb controls actual experiences.
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@AroxAI
d to see Ahmad join Airbnb. It’s one of the rare companies that’s world-class at both design and engineering can’t wait to see what Brian and Ahmad build. Travel and experiences are some of the least AI-native categories, which makes them extra interesting. AI can make
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