Question of the Week: AI Assist Responses

I like the integrated AI Assist

The AI seems to be very diplomatic 😀

Ok, so I guess my most unexpected response is to add a GeometryBuilder transformer to my workspace... since it doesn't exist... 🤦‍♀️

Question:
How to win the FME bingo?

Response:
I couldn't find any official documentation or references to "FME bingo" as a feature, event, or game in FME. It doesn't appear to be an official part of the platform, and there are no rules, objectives, or strategies documented for winning it. If you meant something else or are referring to a community or informal activity, let me know and I can check for similar gamified challenges or user discussions.

I haven’t used it quite yet but looking forward to it now!

One of my favorites was when I asked FME’s AI Assist to explain a workspace as if it were a cooking recipe.
It came back with:

"Take two FeatureReaders, dice finely.
Stir in one AttributeManager until smooth.
Fold gently into a Buffer until edges are crisp.
Serve with a garnish of Tester, and enjoy your perfectly prepared spatial dish."

Totally unexpected — and made me see my workflow in a whole new (culinary) light 🍳📐.

I am not good friends with AI assist in Form. 
it has fed me several incorrect answers

So I decided to test AI Assist in FME Form with a very important GIS question:

"What map projection do they use on the moon?”

I was expecting something along the lines of: Moon Mercator or Luna Lambert

Instead, FME and the AI Assist looked me dead in the eye and responded with:

“There isn’t one single map projection for the Moon. In practice, lunar datasets usually use a lunar geographic coordinate system first, then a projection suited to the area: equirectangular/simple cylindrical is common for equatorial and global maps, and polar stereographic is common near the poles..."

AI: gives scientifically accurate explanation

ME: just trying to make moon jokes :)

Okay. So I am parking this and will update after I get a chance to retry. I am wondering if this answer from 11 months ago using 2025 would change….
 

I’m doing a complex risk assessment for explosive gas risk in the sewer network:

Can you make a joke based on my current workspace?
 

Sure — based on this workspace:

Your FME workspace looks like it’s trying to answer the question, “What if sewer risk assessment had absolutely every dataset in the state invited to the meeting?”

Or this one:

“I started with sewer pipes, and somehow ended up with floods, crime stats, trade waste, spill history, private property, and Excel sheets named like final_draft_v7_FINAL.”

Honestly, it’s a very FME joke that the output is one Excel sheet after 400+ canvas objects of emotional processing.

I asked the AI assist “Explain to me like I'm 5 years old what this workspace do”, and got this answer:
 

“This workspace is a “smart map maker.”

You tell it “I want a map around this property.” It finds that place, cuts out just a little piece of the world around it, then collects all the important map things there: borders, buildings, names, height lines, height points, rights, and other details.

After that, it dresses everything up so it looks nice in AutoCAD, putting each thing on the correct layer with the right text, symbols, and rotation. At the end, it makes one DWG map file. If it can’t find the property, it sends an email saying “I couldn’t find it.”

I’m not sure a 5-year-old know what AutoCAD or DWG is, but to me, this is a great description!