AI is like assembling IKEA furniture. Ninety minutes in, you’ve got something that looks suspiciously like a desk. Then you notice a bunch of parts on the floor and realize there’s a problem. Congratulations. You’re almost done. That’s AI.
AI makes the first 80% ridiculously easy. You can build websites with great messaging, deep dive research on medical concerns, or get on the virtual couch and understand why your mother-in-law irritates you so much. You’re really only limited by your curiosity.
But 80% is a dangerous number. It’s good enough to impress you. Not always good enough to trust. The “wow factor” wears off, the daily work returns and people go back to the workflows they already know.
Take appraisal reviews. You can drop a 150-page appraisal into AI and get an impressive review. Then you check what’s caught, what’s missed. Then tweak the prompt. Then test it on a shopping center. Then a subdivision. Then a weird ground lease. Getting different inconsistent results along the way. Suddenly your AI tool has consumed many hours of your life.
If you love building this stuff and can finish that last mile, then high five. You have a superpower. But if you’ve spent a ton of time trying to turn “pretty good” into dependable, consider someone else that has already put in the reps.
That’s what we’ve done at Realwired with Parachute: multiple AI models, purpose-built rules, thousands of tests, subject matter experts and expensive data scientists making the technology dependable. The goal is to consistently catch material valuation issues, allowing your reviewers to handle twice the volume without adding headcount.
DIY AI gets you close but what’s your time worth? The first 80% of AI is a commodity. The last 20% is where trust is earned and value is created.
That’s the last mile.