Hey everyone this is just to spread awareness. Our livelihood is up against AI. If you ever feel like signing companies expect us to work like robots and never make a mistake it’s because we’re at a disadvantage.
AI systems like OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are being used to scan documents and check for missing signatures and dates. These systems use machine learning algorithms to detect patterns, flag missing information and send real time alerts when something is missed. This helps title companies avoid delays but it puts more pressure on us signing agents. Signature companies rely on AI to make sure everything is perfect and if you make a mistake it’s on YOU
Big Brother/Sister is always watching. Always has been. It shouldn’t matter if Big Brother/Sister is a human or a computer, if we are doing what we know we are supposed to do, it shouldn’t matter who is watching. We should be getting it right the first time, every time. If there are questions, there is an entire field of professional notaries to lean on. Don’t be too proud to speak to your competition (if that’s how you deem them). Personally I don’t view another notary as my competition, rather a colleague. My two cents.
I always wonder why most of the real estate agents in my area resemble Miss Universe contestants. Luckily for notaries, brains over beauty is the current rule of the day. I would guess that if AI were choosing your notary, they would default to the real estate agent method.
Appreciate your two cents! but let’s be real out of 100 loan signings mistakes happen because we’re human. AI is a huge disadvantage for us and adds extra pressure. Maybe you haven’t faced that if you’ve never been booted from an automatic loan signing system
You would think there would be a way to game the AI for more signings but that could get you terminated. If you work with any signing company that uses auto assignments just stay on top of your app. The AI will favor those who are more active and make fewer mistakes
I never said it wasn’t a disadvantage, but I will say if it is adding extra pressure on you, hopefully it’s a positive pressure to make you become a bit more diligent. Many become complacent because the job has become second nature to them. They don’t look at it as they did when they were new to the business. I feel absolutely no added pressure because of AI.I treat every signing like it was my first, I remember not wanting to make a mistake and I checked, double checked and triple checked my work looking for blank spaces where initials should be, making sure all signatures were captured appropriately and doing all of the other mandatory and necessary elements that we are supposed to do for our customers. I continue to be that way to this day, When I stop doing so, it’s time for me to go.
Triple check should never go away if notaries do not want to return errors. AI continues to learn, a good coder would have it learning which notaries to not use and which to prefer.
Totally agree on high performance but how do you compete with a machine? Since writing this I’ve had 4 different cases where lenders and escrow (humans) sent docs with mistakes. AI signature and date audit programs could spot even the smallest error like a single wrong digit in a stack of 100-150+ docs and the AI could do it consistently file after file something no human can match. Signing companies aren’t just using AI for accuracy they’re also using it to push harder demands and lower fees to levels that make it hard to stay competitive. It’s been a good run but this shift is tough to keep up with
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. That can be taken two ways. Either you pack your bags and run away, or you pack your bags and run towards. There are those who let things happen, and those who make things happen. We all have choices to make. Which will you make? Will you keep making excuses and cave in, or stop making excuses, buckle up and be the notary you know you can be? Not mad at either decision, just do not appreciate the negative energy.
