For years, CEO Sam Altman and his crack team of AI engineers hyped up GPT-5 as if it would be a fantastic leap in the grand scheme of AI models. Its coming was augured as borderline biblical among the San Fran-centric tech elite.

Altman and other OpenAI leaders took questions on Reddit on Friday, a day after the announcement of the new GPT-5 model. A quick glance through the comments revealed how many users preferred how older models like GPT-4.1, GPT-4.5 and 4o handled writing and other tasks. Some said the other models seemed more friendly and conversational than GPT-5.