Treat AI like a brilliant freelancer with amnesiaTreat AI like a brilliant freelancer with amnesia

1. PProbabilisticThe same brief can come back different every time. It picks a likely answer, not a fixed one, so one good result is not a promise.

   Give the same brief to a new freelancer, and get a different plan.

   Outcome changes every time

   Give the same prompt in a new chat, and get a different answer. ()

   Outcome changes every time
2. RRelentlessPages pour out fast and polished, whether they are right or not. There is a lot to read, and all of it needs checking.

   Hand over the job, and they work day and night, producing stacks of polished pages, whether they’re right or not.

   High output, unknown quality

   Send the prompt, and it produces pages in seconds, as many as you ask for, whether they’re right or not. ()

   High output, unknown quality
3. IInformedIt knows a great deal about the world and nothing about your company. Your culture and unwritten rules never reached it.

   Ask a freelancer who knows every trade, and get expert answers, blind to your company and culture.

   Knowledgeable, but not about you

   Ask AI, trained on more text than anyone could read, and get the likeliest answer, blind to your company and culture. ()

   Knowledgeable, but not about you
4. CConfidentIt starts instead of asking, and fills the gaps with guesses. A guess sounds as sure as a fact.

   Give a vague request, and they start without asking, fill the gaps with their own assumptions, and sell it to you as right.

   Fills the gap without question

   Give a vague prompt, and it starts without asking, fills the gaps with the most common answers, and replies with full confidence. ()

   Fills the gap without question
5. EEvery word billedEvery new question pays again for all the words so far. The longer it runs, the bigger the bill.

   They bill every word they read and write, so one more question means paying to reread the whole file, their own pages included.

   The bill grows every turn

   It charges for every word it reads and writes, so one more message means paying for the whole chat again, its own answers included. ()

   The bill grows every turn

And every time, they forget everything, so every job starts from day one.