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Trunk Tools' Founder Dr. Sarah Buchner Featured in IronPros Article

Dr. Buchner shares how to optimize AI in construction: focus on project documentation and text-based queries for maximum efficiency

May 4, 2024

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Don't Use AI for Everything. Apply Construction AI in These Tasks for Max Results

In this interview, Dr. Sarah Buchner, founder and CEO of Trunk Tools, highlights the challenges of using AI for construction projects and explains how to maximize the technology's potential.

IRONPROS: For businesses and operators, what are the challenges of using AI in the field?

Trunk Tools: AI in the field needs to be easy to use, readily accessible and dependable. The software needs to integrate with existing project document repositories, properly understand construction documents and keep sensitive data safe. For example, ChatGPT is powerful yet lacks the proper context about construction and project-specific nuances to give accurate answers.

The high cost of making a mistake based on erroneous information requires a cautious yet proactive “trust but verify” approach toward AI until accuracy is improved. 

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