In 2023, I worked with a team of engineers on an AI tool to detect scams.

We tried Llama 2. It hallucinated constantly. We tried GPT-3.5. Token limits killed us. We ended up hand-building a custom model over the course of weeks.

Last weekend, I rebuilt the whole thing. Alone. On my laptop.

The tools changed. Here's what that looks like in practice.

https://wiobyrne.com/i-built-a-scam-detector-for-my-family/