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Akshay Joshi
Akshay Joshi

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I Asked for a Parrot. The AI Gave Me a Crow and Set It Free.

I asked an AI model to generate a parrot.

It confidently generated a crow.

And then—metaphorically—set it free.

“Maine bola tota bana, isne kavva bana ke uda diya hawa mein.”

That one sentence unintentionally explains a lot about the current AI era.


What Actually Happened

  • The intent was clear
  • The output was confident
  • The alignment was… poetic

The AI didn’t fail.

It reinterpreted.


The Lesson (Hidden in the Joke)

AI models don’t obey — they approximate.

They don’t really hear your request; they predict a plausible world in which your request already happened.

Sometimes that world contains:

  • A crow instead of a parrot
  • Confidence instead of correctness
  • Creativity instead of compliance

Why This Matters

If you expect AI to behave like a deterministic tool, you’ll be frustrated.

If you treat it like a highly capable intern with a vivid imagination, you’ll:

  • Move faster
  • Catch mistakes earlier
  • Laugh more often

CTO Take

  • Specification beats prompting
  • Constraints beat vibes
  • Review the bird before you let it fly

Because you might ask for a tota

…and end up releasing a very confident kavva into production.

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