Generative AI systems, despite their impressive capabilities, still face several limitations. One key issue is bias in training data, which can lead to biased or unfair outputs. Since these models learn from large datasets scraped from the internet, they often inherit existing social, cultural, or political biases. Another major limitation is factual inaccuracy. Generative AI can produce convincing but incorrect or misleading information, as it lacks true understanding and only predicts text based on patterns.

Additionally, these systems are resource-intensive, requiring significant computational power, energy, and data to train and run efficiently, which limits accessibility. There’s also the challenge of limited contextual understanding while AI can mimic human conversation or creativity, it doesn’t possess real-world awareness, emotions, or reasoning abilities. In creative tasks, generative AI can produce repetitive or derivative content rather than genuinely novel ideas.

Security and misuse are other pressing concerns. Generative models can be used to create deepfakes, fake news, or phishing content, raising ethical and safety issues. Finally, the lack of transparency in how these models make decisions often called the “black box” problem makes it difficult to explain or trust outputs.

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