Tried letting an AI schedule my work appointments for a week and it double-booked me three times

I was testing this new scheduling bot that promised to optimize my calendar, but on Tuesday it put a root canal and a teeth cleaning at the exact same time. Are we giving these tools too much trust too fast, or is this just growing pains we need to push through?

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ruby_patel2727d ago

Did you try setting it to reject overlapping time slots?

uma_johnson26d ago

Setting it to reject overlaps saved me from double booking last week.

robert_anderson692d ago

Oh absolutely, I had the exact same thing happen to me. I tried one of those AI calendar tools last month and it scheduled a dentist visit and a team meeting right on top of each other. I ended up having to call everyone and apologize because the bot thought it was being clever with my time. The worst part was it kept rescheduling my lunch break to 3 PM because it calculated that was when I was "least productive" but I actually needed that time to eat. So yes, I think we are trusting these things way too fast without understanding their limitations. They work great for simple stuff like booking a haircut but anything with real consequences needs a human checking the output first. I have gone back to using a paper planner for anything important and just use the digital calendar for reminders.