Artificial intelligence programs are changing the way things are done, and many users are using them to perform automatic actions like typing, taking unique photos, or even singing. One of the best known is undoubtedly ChatGPT, which can answer many questions as long as it is not about the future.
It can even make you a shopping list with the updated prices of your favorite supermarket based on your diet, establish a daily exercise plan based on your goals or write any text of any length, even using the style of well-known writers. But there are things that technology cannot do: many things cannot be verified, reason can be used to answer certain questions, or considered intangible. And this is confirmed by a basic question: The 10 best Formula 1 drivers.
If you type ‘Top-10 F1 drivers’ in ChatGPT, the response you get is as follows:
“It is difficult to make a definitive list of the 10 best Formula 1 drivers of all time, since the evaluation can vary depending on the criteria used. But here is a possible list, in no particular order, including some of the most famous names in Formula 1 history:
Michael Schumacher
Ayrton Senna
Juan Manuel Fangio
Lewis Hamilton
Alain Prost
Jim Clark
Niki Lauda
Jackie Stewart
Nelson Pique
Sebastian Vettel
A list that is a clear offense to Fernando Alonso. The absence of a two-time F1 world champion of the stature of the Asturian is surprising to say the least. The absence of a driver capable of winning two titles from Michael Schumacher and breaking his streak of 5 crowns in 2005 and 2006 and continuing at the highest level at the age of 41, currently fighting for podiums with Aston Martin, indicates that technology and Artificial intelligence cannot (at least not at the moment) replace humans.
Apart from Alonso’s great numbers and his records, the Asturian driver is considered a special driver for his intelligence on the track, his ability to get the most out of his cars and take them beyond what they should achieve, also for his unique sensitivity to find the right settings, his ‘feedback’ with the engineers, his ability to develop the car, his management of components such as the brakes or the wheels in the race and his enormous intelligence to know what is happening in the race and what you must do at all times to gain an advantage over your rivals.
All these are issues that artificial intelligence cannot understand, which leaves it out of that list of 10 best.