I spent a full month trying to get an AI to write a simple cleaning schedule

I wanted to make a custom cleaning plan for my business using one of those new AI helpers. I thought it would be easy, just tell it the tasks and rooms. But every time, it gave me a basic list that didn't fit how my jobs actually flow. I kept tweaking my prompts for hours, adding details like 'client in Phoenix wants kitchen done before bathrooms' or 'only 30 minutes per room.' It just didn't get the order right. After about four weeks of messing with it, I finally got a good result by feeding it a real, messy job log from a past week. The AI needed that concrete example, not just my rules. Has anyone else hit a wall trying to train an AI on something that seems simple to you?

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riley59529d ago

Maybe it's like teaching a new employee who needs examples, not just a list of rules.

nathang6729d ago

That's the whole thing with tech these days. It's like trying to explain how to make a sandwich to someone who's only seen pictures of bread. My smart home stuff never gets my morning routine right unless I show it the exact, weird order I do things. The machine needs the messy real world data, not the clean idea in your head. Your job log was the key because it had the actual rhythm, not just the theory.