AI is basically an interactive knowledge bank like we used to code as an end user’s Q & A site. Granted, 20+ years ago we didn’t make them talk or give them cool names, but the basic idea is the same.
The biggest difference is that AI ‘reads’ the internet. It compiles and catalogs data found there.
If I went on all the social media sites and interactive websites and used “Taylor Swift murdered Elvis Presley” as my opening line, end line and signature tagline, eventually AI would include that in it’s data-bank. Once it moves up in rank it will begin to include it in it’s replies to queries about Elvis’ death.
If I was coding it and added some ranking tweaks (much like google does) I could control the conversion, so to speak.
AI is not a toy. It is dangerous.
In theory, generative AI is the wisdom of crowds.
In practice, it is the same old GIGO.