I asked AI to explain how to set a completely fictional setting in an admin control panel and it told me exactly where to go and what non-existent buttons to press.
This makes sense if you consider it works by trying to find the most accurate next word in a sentence. Ask it where I can turn off the screen defogger in windows and it will associate “screen” with “monitor” or “display”. “Turn off” -> must be a toggle… yeah go to settings -> display -> defogger toggle.
Its not AI, its not smart, its text prediction with a few extra tricks.
This makes sense if you consider it works by trying to find the most accurate next word in a sentence. Ask it where I can turn off the screen defogger in windows and it will associate “screen” with “monitor” or “display”. “Turn off” -> must be a toggle… yeah go to settings -> display -> defogger toggle.
Its not AI, its not smart, its text prediction with a few extra tricks.
I describe it as unchecked auto correct that just accepts the most likely next word without user input, and trained on the entire Internet.
So the response reflects the average of every response on the public Internet.
Great for broad, common queries, but not great for specialized, specific and nuanced questions.