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My Dot was bad at applying to jobs and sending email for me

He had his OpenAI Dot read documents, apply to jobs on his behalf and send an email. Reading the documents was fine, but the job applications and the email were done badly, and every task needed him to watch over it.

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How it works

  1. Dot reads his documents
  2. Dot applies to jobs on his behalf
  3. Dot sends an email to a person he named
  4. The applications and the email come out badly and he has to watch over every task

Why it’s worth knowing

The Dot read his documents fine, but it was bad at the two jobs that mattered most, applying for jobs and sending a clear email.

Where it’s from

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

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