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Nearly a day later, the AI had not done half the cleanup I asked for

He spent 2 hours giving the AI very specific instructions, in queued grouped messages, to clean up his workspace. Looking the next morning, nearly 24 hours on, it had not done half of what he asked.

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How it works

  1. Spends 2 hours giving the AI very specific instructions in queued grouped messages to clean up his workspace
  2. Checks the next morning, nearly 24 hours later
  3. Finds it has not done half of what he asked

Why it’s worth knowing

He gave the job a full day and very specific instructions, and most of it still was not done.

Where it’s from

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

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