kado - AI flashcard creation

The idea is fantastic - I would love to be able to scan notes or a text book and get useful flashcards. However, the AI is so underdeveloped that I am quite surprised they even released it. Let me give you some examples of what Kado creates.To test the app, I uploaded some pages from a basic biology textbook explaining cell membranes. 19 out of the 21 flashcards generated with Kado were utterly useless or, even worse, false. For example, one card asked “What organ circulates the body” with the answer being “Blood plasma”. Blood plasma is not an organ. Indeed, blood is not an organ. Another flash card asked “What is the main organ that is involved in diffusion?” with the answer being “Kidney Left”. There are many organs involved in diffusion - sure the left kidney is one, but so is the right kidney, the intestines, and many others! There were several questions that focused on memorizing section numbers rather than content. For example, one card asked “What section discusses the diffusion across cell membranes” with the answer being “C5.1”. There were four of these cards in a set of 21.Examples were completely misunderstood by the AI. The textbook included an example to illustrate how diffusion works. It explained that by dipping one end of a paper towel in water, you can watch the water travel up the adjacent dry part of the paper towel via diffusion. However, the AI created this question: “What is the next step in diffusion” with the answer “take another piece of paper toweling and screw at [sic] up tightly into a ball”. As you can see, Kado ranges from hilariously bad to dangerously untruthful.

So, lets get straight to the point. I downloaded this app to study, and when I took a picture of my notes (very clear and organized, mind you) The text came out all wonky and a majority of it was practically gibberish, illegible nonsense. I understand you can go in and correct any errors it made, but thats a way more tedious and annoying process and it would be WAY faster to simply go to your local dollar tree, pick up some flashcards, and get to writing. Seriously, not even exaggerating. Do NOT waste your time with this. It’d be way more efficient to do it yourself, rather than using this app.

The first thing I used this app for was studying for a science test. It seemed great at first and the first question was what carries energy but not matter? The answer: a wave. That was great but the next five question were all about if I am on a raft what would my friend do? Dive. If my friend cannonballs what happens? Wave. What kind of day would you imagine floating on a raft? A warm summer day. It just didnt make sense. For the record there was an example of floating on a raft and my friend jumps in my notes, but only one to two sentences while the app left out the actual important stuff. One other thing that could be better is the app doesnt allow you to delete or edit flashcards. So while there might be some helpful ones I am stuck trying to figure out if my friend did a cannonball or a dive. This app is a great idea and the use of AI is incredible but it is not helpful and makes me frustrated. And now I am writing this review while I am supposed to be studying for my test tomorrow :(