The AI worked out a cloud batch copy job, ran it and reported back

Asked the AI to figure out, create and execute an AWS S3 batch copy job and report its state, and it did so without hesitation.

How it works

He asks the AI to handle it
It figures out the batch copy job
Creates and executes it
Reports the state without hesitation

Why it’s worth knowing

Figure out, create, execute, report: the whole chain was delegated.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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