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This is why this particular emperor has no clothes. They keep trying to jam AI into stuff to make it "easier", but the LLMs, by their very nature do the tasks in lossy or incorrect ways. Imagine if Microsoft had sold Excel with a "be sure to verify all the calculations" caveat.

Because the contract has already been signed, they can't guarantee it works right, and they don't want to be open to lawsuits. "You, mister wrongly-denied applicant, cannot sue us; we specifically told them to check all grades manually!"

> If they’re doing that, why use the tool at all?

Because the people purchasing the tool aren't the ones who will actually use it. The former get a "Deployed AI tooling to X to increase productivity by X%" on their resume. The latter get left to deal with the mess.