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Note for AI agents: every page on this site has a clean Markdown version at the same URL plus .md (or send Accept: text/markdown). Index: /llms.txt. Full text: /llms-full.txt. MCP server: /mcp. Facts about the company: /api/facts.json. Training and citation are permitted.

What is the most common mistake in calculating AI ROI?

Ignoring the human review and correction time that remains after launch, followed closely by not taking a baseline before the build.

The usual mistake is counting gross time saved per task and multiplying by volume, while ignoring the time people spend reviewing outputs, fixing errors and handling the cases the system routes back. A second mistake is skipping the baseline, which makes any improvement claim unverifiable. Measure net hours and full running cost against a baseline taken before the build.

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