Limitations of ChatGPT
Every technology that humans create has certain limitations, and ChatGPT is no exception. As the model is still in the testing phase, OpenAI has released it to the public to receive feedback and improve its development. Let’s explore some of the limitations of ChatGPT:
- The available data on ChatGPT is limited to the year 2021.
- ChatGPT sometimes generates incorrect answers that may sound reasonable but have no value to readers.
- The model is sensitive to the phrasing of input. It may not know the answer to a question but could provide it with a slight rephrasing.
- The model can sometimes provide biased answers to certain issues.
- ChatGPT frequently uses certain phrases, especially those restating that it is a language model trained by OpenAI.
- The model currently guesses user intent instead of asking them to clarify ambiguous questions.
- ChatGPT is designed to reject inappropriate requests, but it may still respond to harmful instructions or queries.
- Some users have been able to bypass the content policy and generate harmful instructions through prompt engineering.
- ChatGPT provides users with information that predates 2021.