Artificial Intelligence is often marketed as the ultimate truth machine—fast, powerful, and nearly all-knowing. But what if that’s not entirely accurate? What if the very technology we trust to give us answers is sometimes designed to sound right rather than be right?
At its core, AI—especially language models—does not “know” things the way humans do. Instead, it predicts patterns based on massive amounts of data. That means when you ask a question, AI isn’t verifying truth—it’s generating the most statistically likely response.
