Spent $80 on an AI writing tool that couldn't handle basic facts

Last month I signed up for one of those AI writing assistants that promises to research and write blog posts. Paid $80 for the monthly plan. I gave it a topic about solar panel efficiency in cloudy climates. It spat out an article that said solar panels stop working below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just wrong. I fact checked three other claims and two of them were also made up. I tried to fix it with better prompts but the tool kept generating nonsense. Ended up canceling after two days and writing the post myself. Anyone else deal with AI tools that sound confident but get basic facts backwards?

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river_fox1829d ago

Oh man, I've been there. I wasted $60 on one of those "research assistant" AI tools and asked it to summarize the latest ADA guidelines on dental materials. It told me amalgam was banned in the US in 2021, which is completely false. I learned the hard way you basically have to treat anything these tools say as a first draft from someone who lies confidently. My rule now is to use AI for structure and phrasing only, then fact check every single claim myself before posting anything.

noah_rivera5728d ago

I guess I've had way better luck with them, but that's just my experience.