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Many people believe AI is actually intelligent and applies it intelligence akin to human thought. This is inaccurate, and it's important to understand how the algorithm derives its answer. It's really just the same old computing process but at a highly accelerated level involving a whole lot more information. It's just massive, lightning-fast computing applied, so it can scour a whole lot more data in less time now than in the past. This makes it seem as though it's fundamentally different, since it can process a whole lot of complex information. Except that it isn't different: What you get back is determined by what you put in. If you ask a general question of an AI bot, you will get a general answer. If you ask a specific, highly detailed question, you will get a general answer framed in those specific, highly detailed terms. You might find this useful, and then again you might find yourself getting into the weeds of jargon with no better perspective than before you waded in. AI will basically try to tell you what you want to know, even if what it tells you is not quite right. It seeks to satisfy your query using the language and vocabulary it finds associated with the topic of your query. Truth and accuracy are not part of its algorithm. Massive information processing is what it's about, and it assumes you will be able to discern the truth and error in the presentation. It's basically just saving you the trouble of going to the library and researching hundreds of books, but it still falls on you to read the summary properly. Generally, AI bots are most useful when you already understand the language in the context. So if you are using AI to do tax research, for example, but you are not a CPA or trained tax accountant, then you will not likely to be able to discern and digest the information properly. An AI bot is a tool, not a professional CPA. Treating ChapGPT as a tax consultant is a little like treating a "smart" multicooker as a professional chef.