Big Technology Podcast How We Use ChatGPT, Meta’s New AI Glasses, Can Jimmy Kimmel Be Canceled?
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Sep 19, 2025 
Ranjan Roy, a thoughtful newsletter author at Margins, returns to share insights on the tech landscape. He dives deep into how users interact with ChatGPT, highlighting practical guidance and the implications of AI in decision-making. The conversation also touches on the potential impact of Meta’s $799 AI glasses and their social ramifications. Finally, they ponder if Jimmy Kimmel can remain relevant today and explore the evolving nature of audience ownership in the age of digital media.
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Hosts Recognize Their Three-Face Framing
- Alex and Ranjan noticed OpenAI's report mirrored themes from their own 'three faces' framework.
- They joked the research felt like it borrowed their structuring of generative AI use cases.
ChatGPT Is Mostly A Practical Tool
- OpenAI reports most ChatGPT use is practical guidance, seeking information, and writing, which together make up ~80% of conversations.
- This suggests chatbots function mainly as thought partners and information tools rather than niche creative outlets.
Definitions Inflate Agent Use
- OpenAI categorizes messages as asking, doing, and expressing, but their definition of "doing" is broader than agentic doing (actual action-taking).
- That broad definition may overstate agent use and obscure that thought-partner use still dominates.