Just realized my hesitation about AI transcription was completely off base

I was at a conference in Columbus last month and sat in on a workshop where they used an AI tool to transcribe a whole panel discussion in real time. The accuracy was shocking to me, honestly. It caught every speaker's name and technical term correctly, which I did not expect at all. After that experience, I finally tried using it for my own meeting notes. Has anyone else had a moment where seeing AI work in person changed your opinion on it?

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andrewt4118d agoMost Upvoted

Right, @anna758, bad audio is a real blindspot that doesn't show in a perfect demo.

anna75818d ago

Respectfully, seeing it work in person did the opposite for me. That demo felt too perfect and made me wonder what it missed when the audio got messy or someone had a heavy accent. The tech is impressive but I still worry about relying on it for important stuff where one wrong word changes everything.

umabailey15d ago

Honestly, this is exactly what I've been saying! I watched a different demo a while back and it was flawless, but then I tried it with my own voice recording from a noisy coffee shop and it completely butchered the transcript. @andrewt41 is right that bad audio is a huge blindspot no one wants to talk about. Tbh, I think these demos are designed to make you forget that real life is messy and full of mumbling and background noise. It's cool tech but I wouldn't trust it with anything important either.