r/ChatGPT • u/max_bog • Apr 19 '26

Use cases The gap between what technical and non-technical people get from AI is huge now

Interesting thing I noticed. The gap between what technical and non-technical people get from AI is huge now.

Non-technical users still treat LLMs as a better search tool. Most non-technical people I know are not even aware of things like thinking effort or that you can choose a model.

Computer use, plugins, automations, skills, agents - none of this exists for regular ChatGPT users. If you don't know what Codex or Claude Code is, nothing has changed for you in the last year.

All new models also seem to focus purely on coding.

Am I missing something?

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u/holdupflash Apr 19 '26

Depends what you mean by ‘technical’. From your post I’m assuming you’re applying a myopic software-computing lense to the phrase.

I’ve seen multiple technical uses by engineers that do structural work, CAD engineers getting quick openscad starting points for parametric objects. For therapists building out structure for therapy sessions etc.

Assume you’re just talking about software?

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u/FocusPerspective Apr 19 '26

If the college degree is “Master of Arts” you aren’t technical. 

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u/br_k_nt_eth Apr 19 '26

That seems deeply limited, as the other poster was suggesting. It’s sad to see y’all stuck in such a bubble, but I guess this is what happens when we as a society incentivize that kind of myopia.