# Why does Cursor seem "dumb" lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874 "2023-12-01T13:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/1 "2023-12-01T13:14:39Z")
Has the model changed or something? ---
**Author:** ![Jakob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jakob/32/93_2.png) [@Jakob](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Jakob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/2 "2023-12-01T15:40:39Z")
Do you have an example? ---
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/3 "2023-12-01T15:52:31Z")
For single shot chats things seem to work pretty well. But when using multi-shot chats, seems like gpt “forgets” what was previously mentioned in the chat? gpt-4-32k doesn’t have this problem? ---
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/4 "2023-12-01T15:53:25Z")
Yes, I’m using the default/paid cursor model ---
**Author:** ![Mike45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mike45](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Mike45)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/5 "2023-12-01T20:30:34Z")
![Screen Shot 2023-12-01 at 3.24.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/1X/9945bf8de134f94bf996ffd60e2fe40e062e6dca.png) ---
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/6 "2023-12-02T13:40:50Z")
lately, [chat.openai.com](http://chat.openai.com) is doing a better job than cursor, imho i’m having to bounce between the two ---
**Author:** ![egdenis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/egdenis/32/5342_2.png) [@egdenis](https://forum.cursor.com/u/egdenis)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/7 "2023-12-05T03:19:40Z")
You’d probably be better served using your own api key and using the gpt4-1106-preview model. Works great for me! I spam it all day and never pay more than 30$/mo in api fees ---
**Author:** ![Notsteeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Notsteeve](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Notsteeve)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/8 "2023-12-09T22:53:35Z")
With a few file imports in the context, I easily come up with 10 euros a day. ---
**Author:** ![vivektiwari](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/vivektiwari/32/891_2.png) [@vivektiwari](https://forum.cursor.com/u/vivektiwari)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/9 "2023-12-10T06:01:54Z")
Cursor is not usable at all I feel. I have spent like ~200 of my monthly _fast_ requests just going back and forth with one thing, to the point where I had to rebuild my entire project from scratch by my own. I don’t blame the team, it’s probably the core GPT-4 model getting dumber. I just think that the product I subscribed to, and the one I now get to use, are completely different. ---
**Author:** ![KorbenDallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@KorbenDallas](https://forum.cursor.com/u/KorbenDallas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/10 "2023-12-10T08:01:29Z")
Same story bro ---
**Author:** ![BeezyP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/beezyp/32/828_2.png) [@BeezyP](https://forum.cursor.com/u/BeezyP)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/11 "2023-12-10T16:14:16Z")
Since a few days I experience the same thing. I can not get the AI to do anything uswful, not even small and easy fixes. Cursor is totally useless for me in the current state. When using 3.5, I don‘t even get messages anymore. Just a few lines of code that match my existing implementation with no explanation. It‘s a shame! ---
**Author:** ![egdenis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/egdenis/32/5342_2.png) [@egdenis](https://forum.cursor.com/u/egdenis)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/12 "2023-12-11T15:38:29Z")
I guess the mistral model is out now so before long you can just use a self-hosted model that will be gpt-4 equivalent. I do wish that you didn’t have to import file context by default because it probably makes my api bill 2-3x higher. Actually spent 65$ last month on gpt-4 calls in cursor. ---
**Author:** ![s44002](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/s44002/32/9946_2.png) [@s44002](https://forum.cursor.com/u/s44002)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/13 "2023-12-12T07:22:38Z")
I agree, I also have been noticing the same ---
**Author:** ![truell20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/truell20/32/28583_2.png) [@truell20](https://forum.cursor.com/u/truell20)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/14 "2023-12-13T04:32:06Z")
Ack, we are looking into this to see what’s going. If you can, screenshots are super helpful for helping us pin down the problem. ---
**Author:** ![s44002](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/s44002/32/9946_2.png) [@s44002](https://forum.cursor.com/u/s44002)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/15 "2023-12-13T17:08:28Z")
If I may, though I don’t have a screenshot, but a lot of times, if I give it a function and ask it to refractor it to use a different framework in python, it only gives me an explanation of what needs to change instead of refractoring the function. If I am lucky and I give it 3 functions to refractory it’s gonna do one function properly and have placeholders in the other 2 functions that basically say similar implementation to the first function. Speaking about python btw and this happens in the chat - Ctrl + L page. ---
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/16 "2023-12-13T17:22:58Z")
Ditto, placeholders have gotten out of control, imho Maybe we need a mode where gravity is full implementation? ---
**Author:** ![truell20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/truell20/32/28583_2.png) [@truell20](https://forum.cursor.com/u/truell20)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/17 "2023-12-14T18:54:28Z")
Deployed a couple of changes yesterday the prompt prioritization that we think could have caused some of this. In the future, want to change the UI to give you a sense of what exactly went into the prompt. If people have updated screenshots from the past day or two that’s super helpful in debugging any remaining issues. ---
**Author:** ![BlueBird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/bluebird/32/584_2.png) [@BlueBird](https://forum.cursor.com/u/BlueBird)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/18 "2023-12-15T13:47:31Z")
I’ve encountered a similar issue. Could you please review the post I just published? [Noticed a regression in Cursor AI](https://forum.cursor.com/t/noticed-a-regression-in-cursor-ai/2088) ---
**Author:** ![unicomp21](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/unicomp21/32/9252_2.png) [@unicomp21](https://forum.cursor.com/u/unicomp21)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/19 "2023-12-19T11:38:22Z")
Is it just me? Or did the “dumb” effect go away? I’m guessing the gpt model got upgraded or something on openai side @truell20 ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-does-cursor-seem-dumb-lately/1874/20 "2026-06-18T10:11:30Z")
Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:11am UTC