Generative AI tools have both strengths and weaknesses, and their usefulness depends on your purpose for engaging with them.
Strengths
- Overviews - AI tools can create summaries of a given topic area.
- Simplification - They can reframe concepts into a more digestible format using simpler language.
- Brainstorming - AI tools can come up with ideas related to your topic area.
Limitations
- Complex topics - They can often struggle with highly complex and technical topics.
- Accuracy and bias - Content generated by AI can be inaccurate or biased.
- Recency of data - AI tools may be trained with data that is outdated by the time the tool is available to use.
- Cost of access - Many AI tools require a subscription to access its more advanced features. Our GenAI Tools list outlines some of these.