The AI spent 20 minutes on a calendar event that takes me 30 seconds

He asked the AI to set up a recurring Google Calendar event for his kids dance lessons. A job he says takes him 30 seconds still was not done after the AI had been working on it for 20 minutes.

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How it works

Asks the AI to create a recurring Google Calendar event for his kids dance lessons
The AI works on it for 20 minutes
The event is still not set up

Why it’s worth knowing

A basic calendar job he could do in 30 seconds kept the agent busy for 20 minutes with nothing to show for it.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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