The AI went through my calendar and changed half the dates

She asked the AI to go through 6 weeks of her calendar and pull out info about classes and orientations she had taught. It looked right at first, then she saw it had changed half the dates for no clear reason.

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How it works

Asks the AI to go through 6 weeks of her calendar
It pulls out info about classes and orientations she taught
She checks the result and finds half the dates changed

Why it’s worth knowing

The one job that looked like a safe fit for the AI, reading her own calendar back to her, came back with half the dates changed.

Where it’s from

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

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