Technology can do wonders, but only when people know its limitations. As new types of artificial intelligence have seen waves of hype, there's a popularized rush toward the use of them, particularly large language models, more generally titled generative AI.

Given the promises being made, the interest is understanding. If you could have an actual or nearly unpaid assistant to do research, write a summary, prepare a document draft, develop ideas, prepare an outline, or otherwise undertake work to ease your day, why wouldn't you want that?

But you need to understand the limitations. The more complex the technology, the more complicated the capabilities and human interactions with them. Even something as common as spellcheck and grammar check can only go so far. A system might misunderstand the right spelling for homonyms or insist on a particular grammatical treatment that is inappropriate.