I finally walked out of a vendor demo in San Jose after 10 minutes

Some AI startup was showing off their "revolutionary" scheduling tool for construction crews. The sales guy kept saying it would save me 15 hours a week. I asked him how it handles rain delays and material shortages and he just smiled and said "the algorithm adjusts." No details, no demo of it actually working with real data. I told him I've been running crews for 12 years and left. Has anyone else had vendors just handwave at your actual problems?

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wren9769d ago

Honestly, "the algorithm adjusts" is the new version of "we'll fix it in post." It feels like everywhere I go now, from my phone's autocorrect to the grocery store self-checkout, some program is supposed to magically figure out real-world messes but never actually does. Tbh, this whole trend of using tech as a magic wand instead of showing the gritty details is just making everything more frustrating, not easier.

oscarcooper11h ago

Yeah, I read something the other day about how autocorrect is getting worse because they keep tweaking the algorithm to guess what you meant instead of just leaving the word you typed alone. It sounded like the people making the software are trying to solve a problem nobody asked for, and now it just messes up simple words more often. Makes you wonder if all this "smart" tech is really making things simpler or just adding another layer of hassle for no good reason.