1. ChatGPT does not know everything, but it knows a lot.
It seems that ChatGPT can answer every question, but the truth is that it answers based on predictions, not on any human understanding. Whatever it says is based on its training data and the structure of the language.
2. It is not a human nor a god.
ChatGPT is a machine. Sometimes people start believing it more when they see it speaking so accurately. But it is an AI tool, which cannot think like us; it just guesses.
3. The foundation of ChatGPT—a large language model:
It is a “Large Language Model” created by OpenAI. Its purpose is to know which word will be most appropriate after a sentence. This is the reason why its language seems so fluent and sensible.
4. Where does its information come from?
ChatGPT has “learned” from millions of websites, books, Wikipedia, open-source code, Reddit threads and other things. But it doesn’t know everything—especially the latest events or updates, if it’s an offline model.
5. It doesn’t read all the data on the internet.
ChatGPT only uses information available in the public domain. It doesn’t look at your personal emails, documents, or any confidential data. However, ethical and legal controversies continue to arise over the training of AI.
6. It doesn’t “understand” what you say; it just makes up answers.
When you ask a question, it breaks words into tokens and then works out the possibilities. It doesn’t “type” the answer, but each word is generated based on the prediction.
7. Sometimes answers that seem right can be wrong:
ChatGPT sometimes gives wrong information with full confidence, which is called “hallucination.” So, don’t always assume its answers to be true without checking.
8. ChatGPT can also remember your previous conversations.
Its “memory” feature gives it the power to take references from previous conversations. This makes it seem like it knows you really well, when it’s just reading patterns in data.
9. It may also reflect our cultural biases:
Because ChatGPT learned from human-generated content, it may have the same biases, errors, and cultural biases that already exist in our society.
10. ChatGPT is great as an AI tool, but a word of caution:
It’s a great tool for inspiring writing, drafting, summarizing, and clarifying thoughts. But it’s a mistake to take it for granted. Think of it as an intelligent assistant, not an omniscient being.
