ChatGPT can predict the future?

ChatGPT Predicts the Future? Not Quite - But Here’s a Fun Twist!

When I run GenAI classes, I love showing how GPT tools can wow us—but predicting the future isn’t on the menu.

To illustrate this, I always joke about the lottery. I tell my class, “If you ask GPT for next week’s lucky numbers, you’ll be out of luck!” Everyone laughs, and it drives home an important point - AI isn’t magic; it just spots patterns from the past.

But then, I stumbled on a wild news story. Someone used ChatGPT to pick their lottery numbers... and won $150K! Even cooler, every cent was donated to charity.

So, does this mean AI can see the future? Not really.

It just goes to show: AI can surprise us, but its power lies in what it’s already learned. It doesn’t predict tomorrow—it helps make sense of yesterday. Every so often, you witness an “impossible” twist, and that’s what makes teaching and learning about GenAI genuinely fun.

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