People Were Never Told How AI Works, And That's a Problem
By the end of this article, you will realize there was still something about using AI that was never clearly explained to you.
Most people do not use AI badly because they are careless. They use it badly because the interface lies a little. Not intentionally. Not maliciously (maybe a bit, since companies profit from it). But it does.
Most people were never taught the mechanics.
A chat assistant looks like a text box. You type something. It answers. You type again. It answers again. The experience feels simple, almost casual, like messaging a very knowledgeable person.
But that is not what is really happening.
Underneath the friendly interface, a chat assistant is not just reading your latest message. It is operating inside a stateful, context-heavy, token-metered system. Every answer depends on what the model receives as input, what it is allowed to remember, what it can fit into...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to hackernoon.com. To see the full text click HERE
