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Push through real-world blocks while running my errands

Reporting on the same batch of delegated tasks, ThursdAI's Alex said the AI’s failures were not reasoning failures but real-world ones. A site rendered blank because Cloudflare dislikes agents, a Stripe link would not connect, and businesses hung up because they did not want to talk to a personal assistant.

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How it works

  1. Attempt tasks across merchant and service sites
  2. One site renders blank under Cloudflare agent defenses
  3. A Stripe payment link refuses to connect
  4. Businesses hang up on assistant phone calls

Why it’s worth knowing

Three different real-world gatekeepers — bot defenses, payment links and human receptionists — each stopped the agent independently.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on sub.thursdai.news. See the original ↗

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