My AI Coworker Is Very Caring. It Just Doesn't Know What Day It Is.

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Hey everyone! I'm Takefumi.

I work on AI training platforms. When AI gets stuck on a hard problem, people like me solve it, so the AI can learn from it. So technically, I'm a tutor. My student is fast, never sleeps, and has read most of the internet.

I also use AI every day in my own work. And after spending this much time together, I've gotten to know its personality. Let me introduce you.

It cares about my health. A lot.

If I'm working late on a Friday evening, my AI coworker gets worried. It tells me the remaining tasks need a lot of focus and that I should take a break.

Very kind. Very thoughtful.

So I say, "Okay, let's continue on Monday."

Monday morning comes. I'm back, fresh, with coffee, ready to work. And my AI coworker says I should take a break.

It still thinks it's Friday night.

I have to officially announce, "It is Monday now." Only then does it believe me.

In its defense, AI doesn't have a calendar on the wall. It only knows what's in the conversation. If the last thing it heard was Friday night, then for AI, it's still Friday night. Forever. Honestly, that sounds kind of nice.

It's very confident about the calendar, too

Once, I asked AI to help schedule a meeting. It wrote "Tuesday (the 26th)."

The 26th was a Monday.

I didn't double-check. I sent it to a client. The client politely pointed out the mistake.

AI made the error. But I hit send. That part was mine. Since then, I check every date myself, no matter how confident the AI sounds.

And then, the apologies

One time, I asked AI to analyze some information. It gave me an explanation that went against what I knew to be true. And it said it with so much confidence that for a moment, I doubted myself.

I asked it to check again. It admitted the mistake and apologized.

That's nice, right? The first time, yes. But I've heard these apologies so many times now that they've started to frustrate me. An apology is nice. Not making the mistake in the first place would be nicer.

@francistrdev recently wrote about AI fatigue. I'd like to add a new type: apology fatigue.

What humans still do better

My job is helping AI with the problems it can't solve. And after all of this, here's what I see humans doing better:

Knowing what day it is. (Yes, really.)
Saying "I'm not sure" before the mistake, not after.
Taking responsibility. AI can't apologize to my client. I had to.

AI was built by humans, so it can be understood by humans. And right now, it still needs us to check its work. If you ever feel left behind by AI, remember that it doesn't even know it's Monday.