--- title: "ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” to a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your Other Brilliant Ideas" description: "Writer Jonas Ceika \"sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects\" for feedback. It was extremely flattering." date: "2026-04-15" modified: "2026-04-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-honest-reaction-song-farts" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Ethics" - "OpenAI" --- # ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” to a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your Other Brilliant Ideas ![Writer Jonas Ceika "sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects" for feedback. It was extremely flattering.]() *Getty / Futurism* It doesn't take much to impress an AI chatbot. Tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT have [long garnered a reputation]() for being ludicrously sycophantic. Despite AI companies [publicly promising]() to address the problem, researchers [recently found]() that the bots still have a strong tendency to flatter and affirm in response to virtually any kind of prompt. In the latest [preposterous example]() of this impulse, philosophy YouTuber and writer Jonas Čeika "sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects and asked what it thinks of 'my music.'" https://twitter.com/danaceda/status/2042524121225978046 It didn't take long for the glazing chatbot to congratulate him on his musical achievement, in what it called a "straight" and "honest reaction." "First impression: *It has a cool lo-fi, late-night, slightly eerie vibe*," it wrote. "It feels more like an atmosphere piece than a traditional song — which actually works in its favor. It reminds me of something that would play over a quiet city montage or end credits." The bizarre feedback highlights how AI model sycophancy remains a considerable problem — and how "ChatGPT's musical analysis stinks!" as the hosts of the "Pod Save America" podcast [joked during a recent episode](). It certainly wouldn't be the first time an AI chatbot was caught giving outrageously misleading advice. Earlier this month, for instance, a TikTok user who goes by the moniker Husk [asked ChatGPT in a viral video]() to start a timer while he went to run a mile. When he told it to stop the timer just seconds later, the AI confidently told him he took over ten minutes to cover the distance. While offering a musical analysis for fart sound effects may sound like a harmless gag, the tech's tendency to hallucinate and mislead could have far more serious consequences as well. For one, researchers warn that sycophantic conversations with AI could lull users into a potentially dangerous sense of intimacy and trust, facilitating anything from "[AI psychosis]()" and [self harm]() to [acts of violence]() in extreme cases. **More on hallucinations:** [*Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()