finicky
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The stock market has grown more finicky about which AI companies it thinks can dominate the market — and increasingly willing to punish AI plays based on earnings that are solid, but still not good enough.
From MarketWatch
Held once every four years, often in finicky environments, pressurized with all that hype, they’re less a measure of consistency than they are of momentary mettle.
The humidity, temperature and finicky nature of the old press can all influence the way the printing turns out.
Apple is famously finicky about details and control, including with its credit card.
Two years ago, AI chatbots were too finicky and error-prone to be reliable and broadly useful to most people, says Ram Bala, an associate professor of AI at Santa Clara University.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
