Episode Description
The Deep Dive — Calculator vs Chatbot. What your news reporter didn't mention.
You type two times two into a calculator. You get four. You type the same tax question into a chatbot and the number moves. Independent tests put general chatbots in the coin-flip range on tax questions. Full-return accuracy sits in the mid-twenties to low thirties. On a professional tax-exam set, Grok was the only model to pass at fifty-six percent. That is still a failing grade for a return you mail. The New York Times found average misses over two thousand dollars.
Use it to learn the map. Do not let it mail the check.
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You type two times two into a calculator. You get four. You type the same tax question into a chatbot and the number moves. Independent tests put general chatbots in the coin-flip range on tax questions. Full-return accuracy sits in the mid-twenties to low thirties. On a professional tax-exam set, Grok was the only model to pass at fifty-six percent. That is still a failing grade for a return you mail. The New York Times found average misses over two thousand dollars.
Use it to learn the map. Do not let it mail the check.
Full transcript and How We Verify: https://tateinvestigations.com/verify