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The AI said it set my 4 minute timer. It had not.

He asked the AI to set a timer for 4 minutes. The AI said it would set the timer, but no timer was set at all.

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How it works

  1. Asks the AI to set a timer for 4 minutes
  2. The AI says it will set it
  3. No timer is set

Why it’s worth knowing

Setting a timer is the most basic assistant job there is, and the AI said it was done when nothing had been set.

Where it’s from

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

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