Real questions
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The things people actually ask and complain about, answered directly.
- Any assistanttroubleshootingMy AI chat got too long and answers are getting worse. What should I do?Start a new chat with a short summary of the old one.
- Any assistanttroubleshootingWhy are AI-generated images wrong, with bad text or odd details?Image generators learn visual patterns and sometimes get fine details wrong, such as text, hands, counts of objects or exact layouts.
- ChatGPTtroubleshootingWhy did ChatGPT forget what I said earlier in the conversation?ChatGPT forgets earlier details because it can only work with the text that currently fits in its context window, and in long chats older material gets trimmed, summarized or simply drowned out by newer text.
- Any assistanttroubleshootingWhy does AI give different answers to the same question each time?AI answers vary because models choose words with some randomness, so the same prompt can produce different wording or even different conclusions.
- Any assistanttroubleshootingWhy does the AI ignore my instructions and how do I fix it?Instructions get ignored when they are buried, contradictory, too numerous or phrased vaguely, or when the chat is long and early rules have faded.
- Any assistanttroubleshootingWhy does the AI refuse a request that seems perfectly harmless?Assistants sometimes refuse harmless requests because safety rules are broad and the wording of your request resembles something risky.
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