TLDR Founders · MISCELLANEOUS

CAN ANALYSIS EVER BE AUTOMATED?

benn.substack.com6 min read

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Four charts about internet usage sit in front of you - one made by a Nobel laureate, one by ChatGPT, one pulled from Reddit, and one cobbled together in ten minutes. There's no way to tell which is correct without checking every formula and data source yourself. That's the catch-22 of automated analysis - unlike vibe-coded apps, where bugs eventually surface, you can't test if a chart "works" just by looking at it. Shortcut claims its AI can solve Financial Modeling World Cup problems and build cap tables in minutes, but how do you trust it? There's no reality to compare it against because the spreadsheet IS reality.