Thread by @simonfaceless

🚨 ChatGPT-5 is week old now.
For the past 7 days, I’ve been testing it non-stop for YouTube scriptwriting.

The results SHOCKED me...

Here’s why people call it the worst update in ChatGPT history 🧵👇

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GPT-5 launched with massive hype.
But how does it actually perform for YouTube creators?

Is it better? Worse? Worth switching?

I spent a week pushing it to the limits and here’s what I found 👇

The first thing you’ll notice?
GPT-5 “thinks” before answering.

Sometimes 10 seconds.
Sometimes almost a full minute.

Annoying? Yes.
But there’s a reason for it 👇

That pause = deeper reasoning.
GPT-5 tries to give more nuanced answers.

It is smarter.
But smarter ≠ easier.

Especially if you’re writing scripts for faceless YouTube 👇

But here's what actually happened:

GPT-5 didn’t just get smarter...
it changed how you prompt.

Your old GPT-4 commands now hit different.

It feels “worse” because you’re still speaking the old language.
New model, new rules. 👇

I tested it head-to-head.

GPT-4 could handle ~32K tokens.
GPT-5? Up to 256K in ChatGPT, 400K in API.

That’s entire channels’ worth of scripts + competitor research in one prompt.

It remembers everything. 👇

But here’s the trap:

People use GPT-5 with old habits, get a weird answer, and scream “it sucks.”

No... I'm sorry, but... YOU suck.

Adapt your prompting, or stay stuck polishing scripts GPT-4-style while others sprint past you. 👇

I get it. Switching sucks.

I hated moving from 3.5 -> 4.
It felt dumb, robotic, worse.

Two weeks later? I never touched 3.5 again.
The same curve is happening with 5.

Pain first, profits later. 👇

Bonus: GPT-5 added new routing.
Modes: Auto, Fast, Thinking, Thinking-mini.

Want speed? Pick Fast.
Want depth? Let it think.

Stop whining about the pause. Choose your weapon. 👇

It’s not just text.
GPT-5 now plays with text, images, audio, even video.
It can write a script, create visuals, and design the flow.

GPT-4 was your intern.
GPT-5 is your full production crew. 👇

So here’s the mindset shift:

Don’t fight the upgrade.
Train on it, just like you train an editor.

Every minute you waste crying, someone else is systemizing it for faceless channels. 👇

YouTubers: stop crying about GPT-5.

Start using it before your “competitors” lap you.

Follow @simonfaceless, I’ll show you how to actually turn this into cashflow scripts while everyone else complains