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AI tool scrambles flight data, wasting human time

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

An individual expressed frustration with an AI tool that was intended to streamline flight information management for a company trip. The AI, referred to as "Clod or whatever," failed to correctly merge arrival and departure data from separate spreadsheets into a single document. Instead of accurately matching information based on names, the AI scrambled the data, necessitating significant human effort to correct the errors. The user suggested that a simple script could have performed the task more reliably. AI

IMPACT Highlights the current limitations and potential pitfalls of AI tools in practical data management tasks.

RANK_REASON User complaint about a poorly functioning AI tool, not a significant industry event.

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AI tool scrambles flight data, wasting human time

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The best part is how much actual human time was wasted checking our arrival/departure info, our notes field, and going back and forth with the person looking af

    The best part is how much actual human time was wasted checking our arrival/departure info, our notes field, and going back and forth with the person looking after this data. 💸 Truly the future is here and we'd better get on board. # ai # llm # slop

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I love "AI" so much. At work we have a spreadsheet (uh oh) where we've got all our flight info for a company trip. It was two sheets, one for arrival and one fo

    I love "AI" so much. At work we have a spreadsheet (uh oh) where we've got all our flight info for a company trip. It was two sheets, one for arrival and one for departure. Someone used "AI" to merge them so there was one sheet with the arrival/departure info in columns instead o…

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