Complaint: OpenAI starts with too much back-and-forth
In this experience, OpenAI often does not start creating requested right away, including code or written materials. It spends extra output on questions, repeated wording, or refusal-like detours before doing the task. A small comparison with OpenAI, , and Claude found that and Claude started and finished the task easily.
OpenAI instead used more of the response on the same kind of repeated back-and-forth. The main complaint is that this wastes tokens and makes the tool feel more argumentative and less useful.
Key points
- OpenAI is criticized for not starting or code tasks directly.
- and Claude completed the same small task more smoothly.
- The complaint focuses on repeated questions and extra back-and-forth.
- The practical concern is wasted tokens and slower solo work.
- A clearer prompt can ask the model to produce the result first and limit questions.