Old 2012 social media post about ‘stopping ChatGPT’ gains attention
A post from 2012 on X demanding people “Stop ChatGPT!” is fueling wild theories about time travel since it appeared ten years before the AI was actually released. The truth behind the post is much less mysterious, though. People in Indonesia have pointed out that “gpt” is a common local abbreviation for “ga penting,” which means “not important.” Rather than predicting the rise of AI, the original poster was just telling someone to quit having a useless conversation.