66% say the biggest AI frustration is getting answers that are almost right but not quite

Buyer behaviour

66%

of respondents say their biggest frustration with AI tools is getting solutions that are almost right but not quite

Reader Note:: This item comes from a multi-select question asking, "When using AI tools, which of the following problems or frustrations have you encountered? Select all that apply." Figure base is 31,476 respondents. The source identifies 66% as the share citing "AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite" and 45.2% citing that debugging AI-generated code takes more time. The report does not say when the survey ran.
Evidence:: Self-reported behaviour
Vendor interest:: Moderate — This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
Sample:: Survey respondents on Stack Overflow; most charts show roughly 26,000 to 34,000 responses, with smaller subsets for AI agent users and specific follow-up questions.

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A rough sense of size and direction, and deciding what to look at first.

Exact numbers, or saying that one thing caused another.
This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
The source never says when this data was collected. It could be considerably older than the publication date suggests.

Gemini and ChatGPT lead AI shopping research in the U.S.; 64.0% of AI shoppers use two or more assistants

Share of AI shoppers using each AI assistant in the past 90 days
Assistant used in the past 90 days	Share of AI users (%)
Google Gemini	63.5%
ChatGPT	60%
Amazon's shopping assistant	27.5%
Walmart's shopping assistant	22.5%
Microsoft Copilot	22.4%

89.9%

of AI users on the online-shopper trend base said they verified the assistant’s recommendation before buying

60%–90%

of consumers’ value perception was explained by price perception across multiple subsectors in Deloitte’s regression analysis

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38%

adoption increase in older populations after Dubai Smart ID used a calming tone and simpler biometric explanations in 2021

Only 36% of Gen Z call themselves price-conscious, vs 40% of Millennials, 45% of Gen X and 55% of Boomers

Share of each generation who describe themselves as price-conscious
Generation	Share who describe themselves as price-conscious (%)
Gen Z	36%
Millennials	40%
Gen X	45%
Baby Boomers	55%

86% of both Gen Z and Millennials say a smartphone is their most important device