January 3, 2026 · 2 min read

AI project management infographic is riddled with errors

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

This Project Management infographic was generated by AI, and is riddled with errors.

⚫ “Project Planning” is even listed twice (at the 6:00 and 8:00 positions)

⚫ Project *Extimation* ?

I have noticed this same issue in other AI generated infographics which are posted here on LinkedIn, promoting / advertising various websites.

These are not merely typos.
These are AI generated infographics, with AI hallucinations, which are clearly not even being checked for accuracy by humans.

Using AI as a shortcut to replace human thinking is a sure road to trouble.

< sigh >

For reference, I highlighted some of the AI glitches in the image below.

These glitches demonstrate why AI will not be replacing Project Managers any time soon.

From my 2 decades of experience in energy / infrastructure physical projects, in my viewpoint:

⚫ Project Engineers primarily solve *physical* problems.

⚫ Project Managers primarily solve *people* problems.

And in Project Management, people are generally assigned the pronoun of “stakeholders”, which I have always found amusing.

^ Academia slop invading the Project Management discipline.

AI cannot replace Project Managers any time soon, because I sure do not see AI managing *people* problems (aka Stakeholder Issues) any time soon.

Just my opinion; as always, anyone is free to disagree. Even AI.
Knock yourself out 😁

The original LinkedIn post is here:
Open link ↗

/ EDIT, there was a fraudulent PHISHING comment posted below with a PHISHING URL, which I reported to LinkedIn.

Hopefully LinkedIn will delete the phishing comment and the phishing URL.

Please do not click on any purported / fake links to “appeal” LinkedIn purported violations.

FROM THE THREAD

Tom's notes 12

Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
Another example of AI glitchy infographic. I highlighted some of the AI glitches in red or blue boxes.
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
Please note, this screenshot below of "LinkedIn security" is for a phishing fraud comment, which I reported to the *real* LinkedIn.

Please do not click on any phishing URLs posted by so-called LinkedIn security (which has 0 followers and 0 connections) ...
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
< sigh > I can't even figure out how the heck the clipart of a telescope falling on a person's head is supposed to represent "opportunities".
(Toward the bottom left side.)
I highlighted some other glitches in red outline boxes.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Gerry DeagnonJan 3, 2026
cool wheelbarrow with 2 wheels 😁

And wearing a tie at a construction site is a pretty awesome way to demonstrate *Safety First* at an active construction site.
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
The roads and the arrow directions in roads make no sense.
A few AI text glitches highlighted.
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
Amanda P. the issue though, is that human quality control / review was missing.
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
Thanks Wes Peters. LinkedIn puts this stuff in my feed.
There were a whole bunch of glitchy AI infographics in my feed this morning, but suddenly they stopped today, after I kept pointing out the obvious AI glitches in the infographics which were being so proudly posted by other people here.

Assume AI will hallucinate.
It's fine to use AI as a tool, but best to assume that AI output will be glitchy, and will still need to be checked by humans for errors.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Wes PetersJan 3, 2026
the pace at which an increasing number of humans are willing to delegate more and more of their thinking to AI, and then not even to bother to check the AI output, is totally not concerning at all.
Tom KirkmanJan 3, 2026
Heh heh Daniel Hemhauser, when I post glitchy stuff here, it is normally deliberate, in an ironic sort of way.

Like this one below, where I *deliberately* had AI screw up the text at the top of the otherwise bland meme, which was meant to highlight the "cheap" bit of the trio.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Ernest EdselJan 4, 2026
the excellingful antitrustiness of Pro C Paul Rogers III sounds exceptionalicious.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Ernest EdselJan 4, 2026
the first words which spring into my mind was a lovely board game of ManAIcalopoly. Which of course, isn't real.

I mean, AI would *never* be maniacal, right?

But hey, it's not quite 3 am this fine and glorious Sunday morning, and I'm only on my 1st cup of super strong black coffee.
Tom Kirkmanreplying to Ernest EdselJan 4, 2026
I was searching through one of my meme folders to try to find some of my old HAL images, and I stumbled across the infographic below.
No idea why I even saved this image.

But the utter AI nonsensicalness seems appropriate for this thread.

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