Subj : How much time is AI reall
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Mar 18 2026 10:06 am

> MP>I am not too surprised.  I think in a lot of fields, management is in a
>   >rush to save money/time but the fields in question are not ones that AI is
>   >aptly suited for yet.

> I think a lot of companies don't want to be left behind and end
> up trying to do things with it that are not suited, or are not
> waiting until the AI has been fully tested. All the AI providers
> want to be first and don't seem to care if they are not 'best'..

Well, if they see a payday they certainly are not likely to point out that
they are not the "best" for the task.  :D

> MP>Yes, and you still very much need to verify the accuracy before just
>   >following the rules.  The other day, I was look an air frier recipe up
>   >online.  Google's AI assistant (Gemini, or whatever you get from them for
>   >free with a google search) was suggesting that I add oil to the air frier
>   >pan.

> MP>As I was not trying to make fire, I did not do so!

> Ha.. yes, and they are running into similar problems when people ask
> AI for medical advice.

Yep!

> RM>> Another story aso went into some of the simplest things that
>   >> AI is terrible at doing. In one example they asked an AI system
>   >> something like how many L's were in the word 'Collectively' and
>   >> it came up with several different answers each time asked.

> MP>Yes, that is the one I was referencing above... they have difficulty
>   >counting things like that which, IMHO, might also make them bad at
>   >verifying test results.

> 4 out of 3 people can't do math...    B)

Something like that.  You would think that would be an easier task but I
guess there must be more to it than I would think.

Mike

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