Many people mistakenly think AI is a database of scraped content
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-29
dreamwieber points out a widespread public misconception: many people believe AI is a database where every scraped piece of content is stored, and the model just retrieves it when prompted and remixes it slightly — confusing generative models with retrieval systems.
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