Getting ‘roasted’ online is a time-honored trend that sees your photos or social media profiles scorched by a clever put-down or three. It’s often self-inflicted by requests from thick-skinned fans who ask particularly talented roasters to target them. Now, there’s a new roaster on the scene, flambeing hundreds of thousands of Instagram users: ChatGPT. The “Ask ChatGPT to Roast Your Feed in One Paragraph” trend is exactly what the label says. People are asking the AI chatbot to look at their Instagram page and mock them in often very specific and mean ways.
It’s simple enough to participate. You need an Instagram page and the ChatGPT app. It doesn’t work on the web portal for some reason. Take a screenshot of your Instagram page and submit it to ChatGPT with the prompt: “Roast my Instagram feed in one paragraph.” Then, try not to cry too much. As an example, the screenshot below of the TechRadar Instagram led to the following roast from ChatGPT:
