All I Want for Christmas is a New GPT
- S B
- Nov 11
- 3 min read
All I want for Christmas is a new GPT
A new GPT, see, a new GPT
Gee, if I could only get a new GPT
Then I could prompt you “Merry Christmas.”
It’s November. It’s been almost three years since ChatGPT arrived. Since then we’ve met others like Gemini and Claude. Yet we still rarely get to ask for what we want or need.
We receive, not order, our AI assistants, then deal with the consequences of how they were designed once they are in our hands.
What if, instead of reacting, we could design the AI companion we actually need?
And a single GPT won’t do. I need one for me and one for my mini me. In other words, the Christmas tree needs two new AIs this year: one for the kids and one for the adults.
We’ve passed the stage of awe, while still keeping some wonder. We’ve entered the era of necessity, where AI isn’t a nice-to-have but a must-have. As a result, we need to make our requirements clear. AI is a product now, not sci-fi or only research, but a consumer packaged good (CPG).
For the Kids: GPT-Kiddo
So what would these two GPTs actually look like? Here are the features that would make GPT-Kiddo worth unwrapping.
A safety guarantee: An ironclad promise that the AI will never generate harmful, scary, or inappropriate content, and will automatically disengage from and report any attempts to lead it astray.
Parental controls: Tools that let parents set boundaries and monitor themes without hovering over every keystroke, balancing safety with the autonomy kids need to learn.
Age-appropriate answers: Responses calibrated not just to vocabulary level but to emotional readiness, developmental stage, and the complexity a child can meaningfully process.
Fun explanations: The difference between reciting facts and sparking genuine curiosity, where learning feels less like homework and more like discovery.
Responses tailored to all learning styles: The true promise of AI in education, an assistant that can explain gravity with a poem for an auditory learner, a diagram for a visual learner, or a simple analogy for a kinesthetic one.
For the Adults: GPT
For adults, the requirements are different but equally essential.
Privacy guarantee: Your conversations remain yours, no training on your inputs, no data mining, no selling to third parties, and the ability to delete everything on demand.
A perfect memory: An AI that remembers your project details, preferences, and context across sessions without you re-explaining yourself every time you return.
ID verification: Cryptographic proof that you’re talking to the actual AI, not an impersonator, and that the AI knows it’s really you.
An “I don’t know” response: The courage to admit uncertainty instead of hallucinating confident falsehoods, three words that build trust.
A real workspace: A proper workspace where you can draft, edit, format text, and integrate visuals without copying and pasting between applications.
A context lock: The ability to keep conversations confined to specific topics or projects, preventing unrelated information from bleeding in and contaminating focused work.
A tone dial: Adjustable formality and style, from casual friend to formal professional, that you control based on what the moment requires.
A moral code: Transparent values and ethical guidelines the AI follows, which you can understand and align with your own principles.
Task persistence: The ability to maintain active, evolving tasks over time, where the AI tracks what you’re working on, what’s been completed, what’s blocked, and what comes next, updating its understanding as the work progresses across days or weeks.
Proactive help: An AI that notices patterns and offers assistance before you ask, anticipating needs based on your work.
What Will AI Santa Deliver?
Will we unwrap a new GPT, or a box of coal, this Christmas Eve?
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Sophia Banton works at the intersection of AI strategy, communication, and human impact. With a background in bioinformatics, public health, and data science, she brings a grounded, cross-disciplinary perspective to the adoption of emerging technologies.
Beyond technical applications, she explores GenAI’s creative potential through storytelling and short-form video, using experimentation to understand how generative models are reshaping narrative, communication, and visual expression.
