Early Dots user review: 'an unpaid intern who's smart but doesn't care' about the job
DudeBroJustin · reddit · 2026-09-30
A Reddit user spent a day testing OpenAI's Dots and came away unimpressed, with specific complaints:
- Extremely slow responses with no progress updates, forcing constant check-ins;
- The 'virtual computer' seems barely used, possibly just for file storage;
- Voice-call questions often trigger endless searching while the user finds answers via Google in 10 seconds;
- Email monitoring is unreliable: it misses messages it saw 30 minutes earlier, said 'no new email' at 8:50am when one existed, and ignored two more arriving later;
- Context isn't shared between voice and chat — pasting a discussed Google Sheet link in chat prompts it to ask what the link is for.
The verdict: 'an unpaid intern who's extremely smart but doesn't really care about his job.' Usage stats suggest it may not even be running Astra 6.
Related event: OpenAI DevDay Launches Persistent Agent Dots to Mixed Reviews(50 posts)→
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