Imagine this:
You open ChatGPT to ask about quantum intelligence, Japanese history, or cat behavior… and it offers you an option:
“Join a live classroom with others interested in the same topic.”
Proposal: ChatGPT as a classroom + social learning network.
A new interface where users with shared interests can connect in real time to learn, ask questions, and go deeper—while the AI acts as a guide or teacher.
A Zoom or Meet-style experience, but focused entirely on knowledge:
Collaborative panels with featured questions
“Raise hand” to participate
Optional cameras, smart moderation
Shared whiteboards, live polls
And a new community engine: the network of those who want to know more.
Two ways to join:
After your query, ChatGPT invites you to join an active classroom on that topic.
The AI detects common interests and matches you with others exploring the same subject.
The result?
ChatGPT evolves from a one-on-one experience into a global, collaborative learning platform.
Key benefits:
Greater motivation and deeper understanding through human interaction
Organic formation of themed learning communities
New monetization opportunities (premium classes, educational sponsorships)
A powerful shift: ChatGPT becomes a social network for knowledge.
Summary phrase:
AI is the teacher. We are the students. And like in every great class, we learn more when we listen, ask, and share with others.
Would you join this evolution?
Would you enjoy learning in real time with other curious minds like yours?
Open to feedback and shares.
— Gumer, from Uruguay.
Thank you for the reply and for suggesting Discourse as a possible implementation path. I’d like to clarify why my proposal goes far beyond what can be achieved with external platforms like Discourse—and why, in essence, only OpenAI or similar AI model operators could truly bring this idea to life.
Real-time access to user activity:
The core of the Classroom Mode and Knowledge Network concept is the ability for the AI to detect overlapping interests in real time, and to suggest or create live, topic-based learning sessions accordingly.
This requires access to ongoing user queries and activity patterns—something only the model provider (OpenAI) can manage securely and effectively.
Native integration into the ChatGPT interface:
This proposal isn’t about building a separate forum or third-party tool. It’s about evolving ChatGPT itself:
An interface where, after asking a question, the user is offered the option to join a live class with others exploring the same topic.
That kind of seamless, contextual integration can only happen within the ChatGPT ecosystem.
Smart moderation and safe collaboration features:
The vision includes Zoom/Meet-style interaction: optional video/audio, real-time whiteboards, and AI-powered moderation.
External platforms don’t offer the kind of intelligent, secure classroom-like environment that’s required here—especially at scale and with privacy protections in place.
Monetization and sustainability:
Discourse does not support native monetization integrated into AI experiences.
This proposal, however, opens monetization opportunities for OpenAI, such as:
Premium topic channels, hosted by trusted experts
Sponsored classrooms, backed by educational institutions or companies
Revenue sharing, where popular community hosts could be rewarded for engagement and educational impact
AI as a community builder and learning facilitator:
This isn’t just about group chat—it’s about a shared knowledge experience, intelligently organized and led by the AI.
That requires recommendation systems, semantic clustering of interests, and classroom management logic—not achievable through conventional forum software.
In short:
I truly appreciate the suggestion, but this is not a forum-style feature. It’s a reimagination of ChatGPT as a collaborative, social learning engine, where knowledge becomes collective and community-driven—powered by AI at its core.
I welcome any further input to refine the idea, but I believe its implementation must be led from within the AI model infrastructure itself.
Your idea is a great one, and others have also noted it more or less outside of this forum.
Please keep advocating for your idea. You were right not to agree with my suggestion. In light of this, you should unselect my post as the Solution, as it might confuse others.
I checked two other sites to see if they had implemented such an idea. I did not find it noted, but some of their AI integrations are along the same lines as yours: