The dangerous comfort of AI answers (maxvanijsselmuiden.nl)

The widespread trust in AI chatbots as all-knowing oracles is a dangerous misunderstanding of what they actually are. Large Language Models are sophisticated pattern-matching tools, not truth machines, a critical distinction defining how we should use them.

I've tried using AI for factual questions pretty frequently this year.

I've yet to have a chat where it gave an accurate answer beyond a very superficial level.