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Ask HN: What are you seing as AI solutions..cause I don't see them

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The last month I have been talking to a handful of close people in my network whom work with clients that ask for AI.

One client has asked for a solution that utilises a LLM that is trained on court cases and law documentation.

To me that seems not out of reach of what a search engine could provide.

Another client has asked for an LLM that could provide airplane technicians with details in regards of how spare parts fits into a repair job.

Again. I don't see the special need for an LLM here. It sound like a search engine to me.

Another client made an AI product discovery game where you play certain cards and underway gather enough information to establish some kind of consensus around how AI could fit into a business unit/process.

What I am getting at is that even though there may be a need for these solutions I cannot see where AI has a fit in any of these. Its solutions that could be done with so-called AI.

What are you experiencing?

Most are unprofitable solutions in search of a problem already solved without LLMs.

Seems like many of the people screaming AI solutions everywhere are the same VCs and founders who have a financial stake and are teaching everyone to believe that they need it, when most industries don't need it at all.

> What I am getting at is that even though there may be a need for these solutions I cannot see where AI has a fit in any of these. Its solutions that could be done with so-called AI.

Well as soon as it is from a legal, financial, medical or transportation use-case, then trust matters much more than the technology. Professions that require a very high amount of trust (lawyers, doctors, etc) don't even fully trust LLMs and it tells us that it has little to no use-case for very serious and critical applications.

Furthermore, I don't think you will see the same VCs boarding an airplane or private jet piloted by an LLM without any human pilots.

Our docs have an AI interface, using a SaaS solution. Took about 30 minutes to implement, though it is kinda pricey.

Some prospects, some clients and some employees prefer the chat interface. They've told us so.

It's possible a search engine could offer the same results, but the interface would be different.

I also haven't seen anything useful and/or legal.

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