Workspace Agents in ChatGPT • Hacker News Board

Re: Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

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Post by 32df » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC

anthuswilliams wrote: post #10

Without commenting on the product itself (I haven't tried it), the marketing copy around this release commits the same sins I have seen from Anthropic and Grok and all the rest of them. I'm so tired of seeing these companies trivializing other people's work! Nobody's job is "edit files" and "respond to messages"! People have jobs like "find and close leads" and "reconcile accounts" and "arrange student field trips" a…

i posted about this numerous times on a throwaway: no vision. absolutely no vision. how long until they finally get found out?

Re: Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

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Post by manveerc » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC

zenapollo wrote: post #35

I’m helping a client move data from dozens of spreadsheet to an aggregate one. The elegantish solution is to use Python, each run takes about 5s and 1 cal of energy. If i hadn’t helped her write the script, she as a non techie could have started with something like this tool, and it’ll take 90s and use 200 cal of energy. The numbers are fudged a bit, but still, how can this be profitable, or ethical? To say nothing o…

And time to value is another dimension. In your case finding the right person, scheduling the project, you implementing and delivering at best is a week if not more. With AI they get it in seconds. I may have fudged the numbers but the scale relative gains likely will be same.

Re: Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

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Post by dennisy » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #51

gitmagic wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I’m happy I gave up, it’s just not possible to compete and the constant stress to try to keep up is not worth it. (I built https://nelly.is as a solo founder without funding)

The trick is niching down, this has always been the trick.

I think this used to be the trick, but now with AI it is such a general purpose technology I am not sure that makes sense. Users can “niche down” in a generic app, using prompts and configs.

Re: Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

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Post by weird-eye-issue » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

dennisy wrote: post #73

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trick is niching down, this has always been the trick.

I think this used to be the trick, but now with AI it is such a general purpose technology I am not sure that makes sense. Users can “niche down” in a generic app, using prompts and configs.

It's still the trick. I've made millions per year since 2023 niching down into a small slice within the marketing industry with an AI product