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What AI Is Good (and Bad) At
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AI is exceptional at: language, pattern, synthesis
Writing, summarising, explaining, translating, brainstorming, structuring information, generating ideas, coding drafts, image creation. These are AI's strong zones.
AI struggles with: facts, numbers, recent events
Precise calculations, real-time information, very recent events, and anything requiring verified facts. These require you to check. AI can be confidently wrong.
The question to always ask
Before using AI for anything, ask: 'Does this task require creativity and synthesis, or does it require verified accuracy?' The answer tells you how much to trust the output.
Your Challenge
List 3 things you did today that AI could help with. Then list 1 thing where you should NOT trust AI's output without checking.