When an AI says, as a language model I can’t process Images isn’t that like a 404 in its own style.

Not really as not every model is multimodal. If it is multimodal then yes, I’ve experienced this frequently with Google Bard, where it states it can’t do something that it is in fact capable of.

+1 to both of you, TY! Revised the part. "When unable to generate a sufficient answer, the AI acknowledges its understanding of the query and indicates its inability to respond, which is deemed an acceptable form of communication in a conversation."