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The AI ran my task for two hours and changed nothing

He used AI at work the way he was expected to. He asked it to plan a task, answered its questions, and approved the plan. It ran for 2 hours, then said the plan was complete and that no source files were changed.

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How it works

  1. He asks the AI to plan a task and answers its questions
  2. The AI shows a plan and asks if it should execute
  3. He says yes
  4. It runs for 2 hours
  5. It reports the plan complete and no source files changed

Why it’s worth knowing

He did everything the AI asked, approved the plan, and waited 2 hours. At the end it told him the plan was complete and that it had changed no source files at all.

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

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