AI's Truth Problem

AI chatbots are extraordinary achievements of human ingenuity, combining the work of scientists, engineers, investors, and manufacturers. The newest version of ChatGPT can score in the top percentiles on the LSAT, Bar, MCAT, and SAT, plan a meal or a workout routine, and even turn a person into a Hollywood director. Yet if you ask it for the time, it cannot answer, because that is not how its technology works.