Disappointing Experience with Voila: A Lackluster AI Tool
I recently tried out Voila after hearing about its advanced capabilities, but I must say I was left quite disappointed with my experience. While it certainly has some potential, there are a few key issues that prevented me from fully embracing this tool.
Firstly, one of the main problems I encountered was with long prompts. Despite claims of compatibility with GPT-4 and 3.5, any prompt exceeding 1000 words simply did not work. There was no error message or indication of why it failed, which made troubleshooting incredibly frustrating. It is essential for a tool like Voila to handle long prompts smoothly, as many users rely on them for complex tasks and detailed instructions.
Also, I noticed a significant discrepancy in the length of the generated results when compared to ChatGPT Plus. The outputs from Voila seemed inexplicably shorter, which left me questioning the reliability and consistency of the tool. It's important for an AI-powered platform to provide consistent results, especially when users have specific expectations based on their previous experiences.
Another issue that stood out to me was the lack of editable and reusable history. In other similar tools, being able to edit and reuse previous interactions is a valuable feature, as it allows users to refine their prompts and iterate on their outputs. Unfortunately, Voila lacked this functionality entirely, making it cumbersome to revisit past interactions and build upon them.
Overall, while Voila may have some promising aspects, such as its compatibility with advanced GPT versions, it falls short in critical areas that affect its usability and reliability. The inability to handle long prompts, the discrepancies in output length, and the absence of editable history all detract from the overall experience. I hope the developers take these issues into consideration and make necessary improvements to provide a more robust and user-friendly platform in the future.
Michal_Voilá
May 9, 2024Hello there,
I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with Voilà – unfortunately, it seems that there was an outage of GPT-4 service (that also affected ChatGPT) while you were testing our product. The outage made Voilà unable to process your requests or longer texts. We will be improving the product to switch to a different, available model in case it happens in the future.
I agree that we need to improve the chat history functionality and it is already on our roadmap.
I invite you to give Voilà another try and see how we improve the product in a few weeks.
Best regards,
Michal