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What people think AI does (and why that's not quite right)
Someone types a question into a chatbot and a full, fluent answer appears within seconds.
It reads like a person wrote it. It can sound certain, specific, even a little clever.
The natural assumption is that something in there is "thinking" about the question.…
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The AI fear that gets the most attention is the least likely to affect anyone day to day. The real risk is far more ordinary, and far more present.
AI is good at a lot. Here is the honest list of what it still does badly, even now.