AI Sucks

It's undeniable how truly amazing modern AI is, and in 2026, we’ve only scratched the surface of AI’s true potential.

Clearly AI has some incredible, life-changing, and far-reaching use cases, given virtually every other presentation here at Minnebar20 is about AI.

At the same time, it’s being overprescribed as the end all be all solution to everything, from replacing 80% of the workers at your company with AI, to your own personal AI Jesus for only $1.99 (per minute)!

But AI sucks at a lot of things, and we need to talk about it.

This talk has a few simple goals, which are to demonstrate:
  - real life examples of what AI sucks at, from silly to scary
  - ways to discuss tradeoffs of AI without being the “doom and gloom” person
  - actionable things you can do to contribute to a less sucky AI

• All levels
• Emerging Tech
• AI/ML
• Community
• Soft Skills