# The Deep Research problem — Benedict Evans

<https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2025/2/17/the-deep-research-problem>

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## What Jamie wrote

Main issue with all AI tools is what level of confidence do you need to actually rely on them, and the more complicated the work they do the more you have to double check. I’m using AI a lot for things that are purely subjective and I can "judge" them very easily. When you get to more complicated topics that require your own analysis the benefits vanish.

That sounds just like doing a group project with other people by the way. Is this even a solvable problem?

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