The great AI misunderstanding: talking to it doesn't mean you can use it
andreisavu · x · 2026-11-13
Andrei Savu argues the great misunderstanding about AI is assuming that if you can talk to it, you can use it to accomplish a task.
Being able to talk says nothing about knowing what to say: figuring out what to ask, which context matters, and how to judge the result still requires substantial skill. Conversational interfaces lowered the interaction barrier, not the barrier to using AI well.
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