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title: AI in Estimating
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tags:
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- status/draft
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- topic/estimating
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- topic/software
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- type/philosophy
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# AI in Estimating
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Most estimators are already pigeon-holed
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into poor SaaS like [[accubid|Accubid]] and the rest already,
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but the need to increase efficiency with AI will be the nail in the coffin.
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The myth that "full package" estimating software is most efficient
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will only be exacerbated by the inclusion of AI features
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that ought to have been available for decades already.
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It has unfortunately been the case
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that construction estimators have, by and large,
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been unable to recognize the bushels of low hanging fruit for automation in our field for decades.
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Now that AI grifters have run out of other industries to sell to,
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we are first introduced to supposedly revolutionary concepts like:
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* automatically reading and setting the scale of a drawing
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Estimating specific AI features, being unpredictable literally by design,
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will inevitably be inconsistent in reliability between implementations;
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a glaring issue since they will be provided by apps with no external compatibility.
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Most of these features are far better implemented with traditional computing.
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