Can AI perform this task reliably enough?
"Can AI do this?" is often the wrong question. A better one: how often does it go right, what mistakes does it make and what happens when such a mistake occurs? That tells you whether an AI solution is usable in practice.
Does this sound familiar?
This mostly comes up when an AI demo is convincing, but the task is important enough that occasional errors have consequences.
Quality varies per example
Some cases go excellently and others surprisingly badly.
Not all errors are equally serious
A wrong phrasing is different from a wrong decision or amount.
Manual checking may still be needed
You want to know how much human review is still needed to run the process responsibly.
You can't compare objectively yet
The assessment is mostly based on a few separate tests or demos.
Where do you want to be?
You want to set a realistic quality bar and know whether the technology can meet it with the right technical measures.
A concrete definition of good enough
We make explicit which errors are acceptable and which are not.
Insight into remaining risks
You know where AI remains uncertain and what the practical impact of that is.
A fitting control layer
We determine where validation, fallback or human review is needed.
Why does this happen?
AI is probabilistic, so you can't rule out every failure scenario. You can understand, measure and contain errors.
See how we approach thisAverage quality says too little
A high score can still hide unacceptable errors.
Test examples are often too friendly
Real users and data contain many more exceptions.
System design affects reliability
Validation, retrieval and human-in-the-loop can matter more than yet another prompt.
AI Reality Check
In an AI Reality Check we first define what reliable enough means for this specific task and which risks need to be managed technically. If practical measurements are needed, an AI Prototype Sprint can then actually test the most important scenarios.
View this offer€1,950 excl. VAT
Fixed price · one process or up to three AI ideas
- Result
- A reasoned technical direction and build / buy / don't build advice
- Duration
- About two weeks
- Next step
- Build, validate with a prototype first, or deliberately stop
Why 9to5 for this?
For us reliability is an engineering question, not a feeling after a good demo.
View casesErrors become part of the design
We look explicitly at what can go wrong and what impact that has.
Human-in-the-loop where it adds value
A small human check can sometimes be much wiser than pursuing full autonomy.
Criteria first, then technology
Only when "good enough" is clear can you judge whether a solution is feasible.
What else fits your situation?
AI Prototype Sprint · €6,950 excl. VAT
From one concrete AI idea to a working end-to-end prototype that lets you actually test the key technical assumptions.
View offerIs our AI idea technically feasible?
You have a concrete AI idea and want to know whether it can really be built with the available models, data, systems and constraints.
View use caseCan we build an internal AI assistant with our own knowledge?
You want to know whether employees can reliably use AI to work with internal documents, data and knowledge that is now spread across different sources.
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