What if OpenAI created a dedicated program for developers to turn highly requested community ideas into actual ChatGPT improvements?
A Reddit user proposed that OpenAI create a dedicated program for developers to implement community-requested ChatGPT improvements. The user suggests that many of these feature requests and quality-of-life improvements don't require frontier AI research and could be handled by software developers, UX designers, testers, and product people. The idea aims to leverage the thousands of useful suggestions from ChatGPT users daily, integrating them into actual ChatGPT enhancements.
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There are probably thousands of useful feature requests and small quality-of-life improvements being suggested by ChatGPT users every day. Many of these don't necessarily require frontier AI research — some could potentially be implemented by capable software developers, UX designers, testers, and product people working alongside OpenAI's existing teams.
This could become both a product-development opportunity and a job opportunity.
For example, OpenAI could create a Community Product Development team/program where people can:
identify highly requested improvements
prototype and develop smaller features
work with OpenAI's existing engineering/product teams
test ideas with users
submit implementations for review
improve existing functionality rather than only working on new frontier models
Importantly, this wouldn't mean giving external developers unrestricted access to OpenAI's systems. OpenAI could establish clear technical, security and review processes, while allowing qualified developers to contribute within controlled environments.
It could also open opportunities for people who can program well but aren't AI researchers. There is a huge difference between developing a frontier model and developing a useful interface, workflow, organizational tool, or quality-of-life feature.
For example, the conversation below started from a simple question: why doesn't ChatGPT have a proper persistent notepad where users can write information and add useful knowledge from conversations?
That led to the broader idea that there could be an entire class of jobs dedicated to turning the enormous amount of community feedback into practical improvements.
Conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6aa657d8-2f14-83e9-b5e5-8d206219eea0?ogimg=plain
I'd be interested to hear what OpenAI developers, product people, and other programmers think. Could a structured community-development program like this realistically work?