This article is really focused on the question “why is AI so bad at data extraction from PDFs when it can beat humans at Go?” and it does answer its own questio

This article is really focused on the question “why is AI so bad at data extraction from PDFs when it can beat humans at Go?” and it does answer its own question toward the end. AI is very good at inverting simulations (chess, Go) because you can generate an infinite corpus of perfectly labeled data. It is bad at inverting document creation because there is no exhaustive MS Word simulator. Soon people will realize that applied AI is really an exercise in simulation design.