Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Thread

I use AI (free AI) daily, but it doesn’t come with frustrations. I started with ChatGPT, then moved to MS CoPilot and currently have been using Grok for the last year or so. I find it frequently provides inaccurate information. One example: I was driving from one city to another one morning. I gave it my primary highways/roads I’d be traveling on and wanted to find a nice local diner or breakfast place along the way, no more than a 5 minute departure from the route. The highest recommended place it gave me turned out to be permanently closed for last 3 years. I mentioned this back to AI, and it acknowledged this info, gave me more details about its closure etc.

Several other very frustrating “bad advice” recommendations that I’ve called AI out on as inaccurate and then it continues to agree with my input or correct answers and then give me more details. There has even been times when I’ve revisited similar/same topics months later after I provided corrected info and it still spit back out the same incorrect info. I thought these AI tools absorb input and continuously learn? Clearly not.
 
bubs said:
I use AI (free AI) daily, but it doesn’t come with frustrations. I started with ChatGPT, then moved to MS CoPilot and currently have been using Grok for the last year or so. I find it frequently provides inaccurate information. One example: I was driving from one city to another one morning. I gave it my primary highways/roads I’d be traveling on and wanted to find a nice local diner or breakfast place along the way, no more than a 5 minute departure from the route. The highest recommended place it gave me turned out to be permanently closed for last 3 years. I mentioned this back to AI, and it acknowledged this info, gave me more details about its closure etc.

Several other very frustrating “bad advice” recommendations that I’ve called AI out on as inaccurate and then it continues to agree with my input or correct answers and then give me more details. There has even been times when I’ve revisited similar/same topics months later after I provided corrected info and it still spit back out the same incorrect info. I thought these AI tools absorb input and continuously learn? Clearly not.
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Thank you for this — I’m glad to know that someone else here also uses AI.

In my experience, AI doesn’t perform well when asked highly specific questions that require information it may not have access to, or when the data available is very limited. I have two examples in mind:​
  • I once asked it how many times K’Ehleyr appears throughout the entire run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It told me she appeared in only one episode. However, after doing a manual Google search, I found that she actually appears twice. When I asked why it gave the wrong answer, it responded that the information wasn’t commonly available.​
  • I tested it with a question I already knew the answer to: I asked why the Yamaha Jupiter Z1 has a 115cc engine while its competitor, the Honda Supra X, has a 125cc engine. It answered that Yamaha used a cost-saving strategy to compete with Honda as the market leader. The correct explanation, however, is that Yamaha’s 115cc engines produce more power and torque with better delivery curves, while also being highly fuel-efficient. Yamaha knew that their smaller engine was still competitive with Honda’s 125cc.​
That said, for general-purpose questions, it is actually excellent.​
  • For example, I asked what makes Earth special compared to other planets, and it gave the usual answers — being in the Goldilocks zone, having liquid water, and supporting life. But it also mentioned something I didn’t know: the Moon is unusually large compared to Earth (about 25% of its size), and its presence plays a crucial role in stabilizing Earth’s rotation.​
  • When I asked about hot Jupiters, I learned a new term — the Grand Tack Hypothesis.​
  • Previously, I always used 0.5mm 2B mechanical pencils. I asked the AI about the difference between 0.5mm and 0.7mm leads, and which hardness is best for general writing. It explained that 0.7mm leads are more resistant to breakage and produce thicker lines, which some people prefer, and that HB is the most balanced hardness for everyday writing. Since then, I’ve switched to 0.7mm HB leads, and they’re much better for general writing compared to my old setup.​
  • I also asked whether there’s any investment option better than bank term deposits but without the high risk of stocks. It suggested money market mutual funds. I tried putting a small amount of money into one, and it actually generates daily returns while remaining fully liquid — clearly outperforming term deposits.​
In addition to that, as I mentioned in a previous post, it can summarize webpages and documents, correct grammar and structure, generate images, and even perform OCR.​
 
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