I spent hours trying to get the AI to make a basic power automation flow. It could not.

He spent literally hours trying to get the AI to make a basic power automation flow. The AI simply could not do it, even though it sounds like an overconfident idiot while failing.

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How it works

Spends hours asking the AI to make a basic power automation flow
The AI cannot make it

Why it’s worth knowing

A basic flow is the kind of job the AI is sold for, and after hours of trying it still could not make one.

Where it’s from

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

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