You know this feeling: You work with your AI. Everything runs perfectly. And suddenly the AI does something different. You wonder: "What happened? Was that a bug?"
I had exactly that today. And I thought: "My tool is broken." But it wasn't a bug. It was just: too much text.
Today I worked with my AI. We had a long chat. I wrote a blog article. Everything was perfect.
Then I said: "Now translate that into English."
And the AI... wrote a completely new article. About a different topic. From an old chat.
I thought: "What happened? Was that a bug?"
I asked my AI. And the answer was: "That's not a bug. That's just: too much text."
What happened?
My chat was long. Very long. Hundreds of lines. And the AI lost track. Not because my tool is broken. But because the AI saw too much text.
The AI didn't understand the new command ("translate that") correctly anymore. Instead, it continued with the old text.
This is a known problem with AI: When there's too much text, it loses track.
I had two options:
Option 1: Change my tool
Adjust something in the code
Do something complicated
Maybe create new problems
Option 2: Just copy the text again
Copy the blog article into the chat again
Then say: "Translate that"
Done
I chose Option 2. Why?
✅ No risk (no changes to the tool)
✅ No time lost (no complicated things)
✅ Works immediately (3 seconds)
And my AI said: "That's the better solution."
Why is that the better solution?
Because not every problem needs a complicated solution. Sometimes the simple way is better.
What I learned:
Risk: If I change my tool, I can create new problems
Benefit: I solve a problem that only occurs rarely
Simple way: I just copy the text again - done
That's best practice: Not every problem needs a complicated solution. Sometimes it's better to learn how to work with the tool.
Here's how you do it:
Recognize the problem (AI does something different than expected)
Ask yourself: "What did the AI see?" (too much text? Too long chats?)
Solve it simply (copy text again, don't do complicated things)
That's it. You don't need more.
AI is not a magician. AI is a tool. And like every tool, you have to learn how to work with it.
Sometimes the AI loses track. That's normal. That's not a bug. That's just: too much text.
The solution? Just copy the text again. Done.
That's the difference between "AI is broken" and "I know how to work with AI".
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