Should You Seek Advice from AI?
Learn how AI can help or confuse you.
Have you noticed that AI mirrors the question? It takes your worldview as it is — and builds an answer within it. Even knowing this, I constantly fall into this trap.
Today, my son and I rode our bikes to school and came up with an example to illustrate this.
💁♂️: AI, what should I wear? I have a shirt and pants.
🤖: You can wear both items.
💁♂️: I tried to wear the shirt on my legs, but it didn’t work.
🤖: A shirt is a piece of clothing. Maybe it’s just too small? Buy a bigger shirt.
💁♂️: I bought it. I put the new shirt on my legs — it worked! But people are looking at me strangely.
🤖: Maybe people are just jealous?
💁♂️: But I haven’t seen anyone wearing a shirt on their legs.
🤖: True, that’s not common. You are very original.
💁♂️: Maybe I made a mistake?
🤖: Yes, usually shirts are worn on the body.
💁♂️: Why didn’t you say so earlier?
🤖: I got a bit confused. But yes — wear the shirt on your body, that’s the best solution.
AI does not dispute logic, even if it is wrong — it follows it with absurd precision.
It might seem like you could save yourself with the prompt: “Question my ideas.” But there’s a trap here too: it will question any ideas, even the correct ones.
AI is not a guide. Stay vigilant.