What may happen before
an answer is given
Did you get me explores the kinds of things a person—or an AI—might consider after being asked a question and before giving an answer.
Before an answer is given, many things may be taken into consideration: what the words mean, why the question was asked, what may be assumed, what is missing, and what kind of answer may help. This site asks an AI to propose some of those possibilities so the person asking can review them.
Why this matters
When someone asks us a question, we do more than hear the words. We may wonder who is asking, what prompted the question, whether it has another meaning, what information is missing, and what kind of answer would be useful. Much of this may happen without conscious thought.
An AI also has to interpret a question before answering it. Did you get me does not claim to reveal an exact hidden thought process. Instead, it asks the AI to suggest some of the possibilities a person might consider.
Those possibilities can affect the answer. Showing them first gives you a chance to choose what is closest to your meaning, correct what does not fit, or reword the question.
How it works
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Ask naturally
Type your question as you would normally ask it. No special phrasing is required.
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Review the possibilities
The AI suggests possible meanings, reasons for asking, assumptions, missing context, and other things someone might consider before answering.
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Select what fits
Choose the interpretation and reason closest to what you meant. You can also reword the question.
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Read the answer
The answer is generated using the interpretation and reason you selected.
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Record what happened
Describe what you meant, why you asked, how closely the selections matched, and how useful the answer was.
What we're learning
Each record helps examine which proposed possibilities are useful, which ones miss the point, whether reviewing them improves the answer, and how people respond when the answer does or does not fit their purpose.
The purpose is broader than deciding whether a question was understood. It is to examine the interpretations, assumptions, context, judgments, and answer choices that can stand between a question and its answer.
Our values
Possibilities, not certainty
The AI proposes possibilities. The site does not present them as a direct record of hidden reasoning or as facts about the person asking.
Your meaning matters
You are the authority on what you meant and why you asked. You decide which suggestions fit.
Useful disagreement
A suggestion that does not fit is still useful research because it shows where interpretation can go wrong.
Research, not a test
There are no right questions to ask and no score for the person using the site.
About the tool
Did you get me uses an OpenAI language model to propose possibilities and generate answers. The proposal phase runs separately from the answer phase. The proposed interpretations, assumptions, and explanations are generated outputs—not direct access to the model's private or exact internal reasoning.
Your questions and evaluations are stored in the research database. They are not sold. Information is processed by the service providers needed to operate the site, including OpenAI and the hosting provider, as explained in the Privacy Notice.