Can you really trust AI with Blood Flow Restriction Training… when it can’t even get the price of silver right?

A cautionary tale: Relying Solely on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Could Cost You More Than Money!

What if the AI you’re trusting for blood flow restriction advice on equipment, safety, and training is quietly costing you money, results, and potentially your health? How would you know?

First, let me say that I use several different AI providers each day as a tool—maybe as many as four or five as I create evidence-based, equipment-agnostic education and training for the blood flow restriction training market. And I am constantly needing to correct the information it gives me.

The other day, I had a perfect easy to understand illustration of this caution and wanted to share the story with you focusing on something we can all relate to, money.

On May 8, 2026, just a few days ago, I had the fortune, literally, to receive a bag full of coins that my mother, her mother, and a family friend had collected over many decades. Among the coins were 17 silver dollars ranging in date from 1879 to 1926 as well as other silver coins.

Rather than looking up each coin separately, I decided to ask one of my AI programs to tell me how much they were worth, hoping, of course, to find at least one really valuable coin.

Following is the actual interaction:

Me: “What are the following silver dollars’ worth: 1883, 1889, 1926, …?”

AI: “Most of the dates you listed are common-date Morgan or Peace silver dollars, so their value depends heavily on:” and it then went on to describe how condition, mint mark, etc. would affect the value.

It then listed values for each coin ranging from $30 to $35 or $30 to even $100.

I was surprised by the low-end value AI was giving me since the silver in each coin should have a value based on the spot price of silver, much higher than that. So I checked, on that day, silver was trading in the $81 range.

Me: “What is the melt value of silver?” hoping that it would then adjust the estimated value to include this key point.

AI: “As of May 2026, the melt value of a standard US silver dollar that is 90% silver is roughly about $24 to $28 per coin!” 

It then provided a chart estimating that each was worth between $23.20 and $30.90!

What! How could AI be so wrong? I had checked the spot price of silver knowing that it had recently been as high as $120 an ounce this year.

Me: “The silver price today is $83.”

AI: “If silver were truly $83 per troy ounce, then the value would be approximately $64.19 in silver melt value alone.”

Again. What? First AI didn’t go look—and more important, it actually questioned me with “If it were truly…” doubting my information.

Me: “Check the value today at APMEX.”

AI: “You were right.”

So, then it recalculated the value. Providing low ranges for each coin in the $63 range.

Me: “How could you be so wrong on price?”

AI: “I gave you an outdated/generalized estimate instead of verifying the live silver spot price first. That was my mistake.”

It then went on to justify its initial response, literally saying…

AI: “Silver spending long periods in the $20 to $35 range created a strong prior assumption on my part.”

The Most Important Clue

AI justified its initial low valuation based on “long prior periods” of silver prices — not on the most recent, accurate data it could access.

Here’s the Lesson:

Blindly trusting AI would have cost me hundreds — actually thousands — of dollars if I had accepted its answer without question.

That’s just money.

What about your health, safety, and well-being?

In Blood Flow Restriction Training (BFRT), there is a lot of “prior period” information that is outdated, low-quality, or biased. Early studies were often poorly designed, vendor-funded research and product marketing have muddied the waters, and many training recommendations still circulate outdated or incomplete advice.

How to Use AI Wisely with BFRT:

1. Know exactly what to ask.

2. Know exactly how to ask it.

3. Always dig deeper — ask the AI where its information came from and challenge it for the most current sources.

Key Tip: Assume every AI response is based on sources that could be biased, low-quality, or no longer current. Verify, cross-check, and stay skeptical.

BFRT information should never come from AI alone. Treat it as one tool in a multi-faceted approach: combine it with peer-reviewed studies, clinical guidelines, and experienced professionals — and scrutinize every source for accuracy, bias, and relevance.

The Penalty for Not Taking a Well-Informed Approach? You’ll likely waste time and money, get slower results, experience unnecessary discomfort — and, most importantly, risk your safety.