Calibrated honesty
The AI Reliability Traffic Light
In a market full of hype, here's the boring, honest version: what AI is actually ready for today — and what it isn't. Updated regularly, with our reasoning and the date we last checked.
The legend
AI Reliability Traffic Light
- AI reliability: Go
- Reliable for this task when used as directed.
- AI reliability: Amber
- Workable — verify the output and keep a human in the loop.
- AI reliability: Stop
- Not reliable for this task yet — avoid it for now.
How we decide: evidence, not vibes
Each entry carries a candid rationale, the evidence behind it, and the date we last reviewed it. We review the register monthly, and we change a rating the moment the evidence does. When we're unsure, we say so. Nobody else will give it to you this straight — which is exactly why we do.
The register
The register is being prepared — check back shortly, or get the ratings weekly in The Signal.
How we keep this current
The register is a living document, maintained by Jon Ross — vocabotics is a one-person company with a sole director and no employees, so there is no reliability team behind this page and we are not going to imply one. The intention is to re-read every entry on the first working day of each month, re-check its sources against any material model or regulatory change, and re-stamp the review date even when the rating doesn't move, so the "as of" date you see stays honest. That is an intention, not a track record: the cycle has not yet run twice, and we will say here when it has. A rating changes the moment the evidence does, and the bigger shifts get explained in The Signal.
Get the changes the moment they happen.
We update this register as the evidence moves — and explain what matters in The Signal, free, every week.