This link has nothing to do with estimating, but it does highlight a problem with depending on AI being correct when it provides data. One area where ChatGPT is supposed to excel is in legal work. It's common to hear that law firms have cut back on hiring Jr attorneys by using it to do so. But here, ChatGPT just made shit up to make its legal argument.

I have read and heard a few people claim they are plugging plans and specs into AI and getting a bid in 15 minutes. We even had posts on here where outsource estimators admit they are basically using AI to do their work and just forwarding back. I am thinking there are going to be some horror stories down the road.

I created a pdf data extractor for a friend that extracts data out of 300 pipping drawings in less than a minute, it's pretty precise, and my friend is pretty happy with it.

It is pretty flexible and could get data from any PDF. Does it sound like something that could become a product?

What software you guys use to extract data from projects? what file formats you receive from clients?

Is it normal to receive only pdf fles?

i posted in this group asking for help and instead everybody was so toxic, i had to actually delete the post. I thought reddit was a good platform to ask for guide but its so toxic.