Not a good first experience!
As a heavy LinkedIn user, I had high hopes for Enquire Pro, because they say that their AI uses industry knowledge -
"Our cutting-edge AI co-pilot is trained on the interactions of thousands of vetted human experts, responding to enterprise clients on topics as unique as your business.
At a time when other GPTs are relying on Wikipedia (what?) and Reddit (seriously?) or even X/Twitter (lol) for LLM training, Enquire’s Ayda is learning from real people with real-time intelligence.
With Ayda™ learning from new data on an hourly basis, this is the perfect way stay informed across any industry, market or geopolitical issue.
Well, my first Ayda response was the worst AI-generated response I have seen in a long time. My question was simple one:
What is the 2025 outlook for Packaging Machinery manufacturers in Canada?
This was the response I got from Ayda:
The packaging machinery manufacturers in Canada for 2025 is influenced by several factors, including industry trends, inflation rates, and global events.
One of the key trends in the packaging industry is the shift towards more sustainable solutions. This is driven by increasing consumer awareness about environmental issues and stricter regulations on green claims . However, the industry is moving away from compostable packaging due to the lack of widespread composting infrastructure. Instead, the focus is on recycling technology, which could present opportunities for packaging machinery manufacturers to innovate and develop new solutions.
Inflation is another important factor to consider. The packaging industry in the US, which is one of the fastest-growing markets, experienced inflation in 2021 and this trend is expected to continue in 2022 . This could potentially impact the Canadian market as well, given the close economic ties between the two countries. The cost of packaging materials such as plastic, paper, foam, and corrugated boxes has increased significantly, which could lead to higher manufacturing costs for packaging machinery .
Global events such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could also impact the packaging machinery industry. These events can disrupt supply chains and increase manufacturing costs, which could affect the industry's growth prospects .
In conclusion, the 2025 outlook for packaging machinery manufacturers in Canada is likely to be shaped by sustainability trends, inflation, and global events. Manufacturers who can adapt to these changes and innovate in response to industry trends could have a competitive advantage.
I don't know what LLM they are using, but this information is way outdated and useless to me. Now, I do understand that Enquire connects you to experts in a particular field, but the experts it recommended did not seem to be qualified to answer my question, with most of them located in the USA and not listing packaging or North American economics on their profiles.
Without all that said, unless you potentially want to earn some money offering expert advice to other Enquire users, I'd stay away from Enquire and just stick to using LinkedIn.
Brian_Tinsman_EnquireAI
Jan 6, 2025Sorry to hear your experience wasn't what you expected! We're in the process of rolling out some important updates that will help address some of the shortcomings you experienced in the Ayda answer.
I will offer a bit of context for anyone else who might experience the same: our AI-generated answers (Ayda) are generated from a proprietary dataset, which means they are uniquely ours, generated from Q&A sessions between our clients and a network of 60,000+ Experts. Unlike a large language model (LLM) which analyzes massive amounts of data to find consensus, our platform looks for a deeper level of insights. We're working to tweak the settings to understand past events better (in addition to being able to have real-time conversations in a more agentic AI model), so this feedback is definitely on our radar and roadmap.
Questions like "What is the 2025 outlook for Packaging Machinery manufacturers in Canada?" are outstanding examples for our human network, so we recommend anyone who is unsatisfied with their Ayda answer use that query to draft a Question for our human network. The recommended Experts underneath your Ayda answer are not the best or only options - they are simply the people whose answers helped inform the AI answer you received. Depending on how you set up your Network Pulse to our human Experts, you will be paired with a much more relevant and helpful stable of Experts. Hope this helps.