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What AI still can't do
Notes on where chat assistants fall short on long jobs, how to check it yourself, and what to use instead.
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Can ChatGPT transcribe the voice messages in a WhatsApp export?
A chatbot can read a short pasted chat, but not the voice notes inside a WhatsApp export, and long chats get cut off. How to get one PDF with every voice message.
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Can ChatGPT translate a whole SRT file? A clip yes, a movie rarely
A chatbot translates a short SRT file well. On a full movie it tends to stop partway, merge lines or change time codes. How to check, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT convert a webpage to PDF? What you get back instead
A chatbot can build a PDF from text it has read, not from the page itself. Layout and images are lost and long pages get shorter. Here is what works.
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Can ChatGPT convert a PDF to Excel? What works and what breaks
A chatbot can convert a small table in a digital PDF. Scanned pages and long tables are where columns shift and rows go missing. How to check, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT extract text from an image? Yes, with three catches
A chatbot reads a clear image well. It is less reliable for exact word-for-word copies, long scanned PDFs and giving you a file. How to test, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT find broken links on my website? Why it ends up guessing
A chatbot cannot crawl a site or request hundreds of links. It opens a page or two and guesses which links look broken. Here is how to test it, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT read a bank statement? Where the rows go missing
A chatbot can read a short bank statement. On long ones it can skip transactions or flip debits and credits without warning. How to check, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT scrape a website? What it can and cannot pull from a page
A chatbot can sometimes read a public page and list a few items. It often cannot open the site, and long lists come back as a sample. Here is how to tell.
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Can ChatGPT take a screenshot of a website? Why the image is not real
A chatbot reads a page's text at best. It does not render the page, so any image it gives you of a website is generated, not captured. Here is what to use.
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Can ChatGPT track prices? What it can check and what it can't
A chatbot can sometimes look up what an item costs today. It does not go back to the page tomorrow or email you when the price drops. What to use instead.
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Can ChatGPT transcribe audio? Short clips, yes. Long recordings, no
Some chatbots accept a short clip and return text. On long recordings they hit upload limits, shorten the text and skip speaker labels. What to use instead.
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Can ChatGPT translate a PDF? Short ones yes, long ones not in full
A chatbot translates a short PDF well. On long documents it tends to summarize or stop partway, and scanned PDFs may not be read. How to check, and what to use.
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Can ChatGPT read cursive handwriting? What works and what goes wrong
Chatbots can read neat handwriting from a photo. On old cursive they skip lines and replace unreadable words with plausible ones. Here is how to tell, and what to use instead.