Goa man loses his clogs at Ujjain temple, uses ChatGPT to spot them in shoe pile

After losing his clogs outside a temple in Ujjain, a man asked ChatGPT to scan crowded footwear racks and find them. The unusual use of AI amused social media users and highlighted an unexpected everyday use for the tool.Goa man loses his clogs at Ujjain temple, uses ChatGPT to spot them in shoe pile (Photos: @shubhangborkar/Instagram)A Goa-based man who lost his clogs among a sea of footwear outside Mahakal Temple in Ujjain turned to an unlikely helper for help, as ChatGPT ended up spotting them for him.Instagram user Shubhang Borkar shared a video showing how he used ChatGPT to locate his missing footwear after he was unable to pick them out from the crowded shoe racks.In the video, Shubhang first recorded the rows of footwear around him, showing just how difficult it was to distinguish one pair from another. He then opened ChatGPT and uploaded the video along with a separate image showing what his clogs looked like.He asked the AI to go through the footwear and identify his pair, explaining that he was at Mahakal Temple in Ujjain and had lost his clogs among the shoes left outside. Shubhang continued sending photographs of the racks, while ChatGPT analysed each image in search of a match. After going through the pictures, the AI finally pointed him towards a specific pair.It told him to check the right side of the rack, around the middle of the pile just below it, and said that the pair appeared to be his. Shubhang then checked the spot himself and confirmed that ChatGPT had indeed found his clogs. He later told the AI that they had made a good team.Watch the video here:The unusual use of ChatGPT left social media users amused, with several admitting that they had never thought of using the AI for something as mundane as finding a lost pair of shoes.One user said the incident had shown them a completely different way in which ChatGPT could be used, while another jokingly suggested that, in such a situation, they would simply pick the most attractive pair and walk away.Another commenter humorously imagined ChatGPT's reaction to the challenge, suggesting that the AI would have been surprised to receive a task that required it to carefully scan through piles of shoes and identify one specific pair.That keeps the reactions specific, detailed and tied to what actually happened, instead of just saying “users found it amusing.”- EndsPublished By: Yashna TalwarPublished On: Aug 15, 2026 10:15 IST