The AI made my slide deck as pictures of slides, not real slides

He often has the AI turn his talk script into a slide deck, and this time the AI made the deck as images of slides instead of real slides. It took him several minutes to spot what was wrong.

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How it works

Gives the AI his talk script and asks for a slide deck
The AI makes a deck built from images of slides
He needs several minutes to spot the problem

Why it’s worth knowing

The deck looked right at a glance, but every slide was just a picture of a slide, so it was not a real deck at all.

Where it’s from

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

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