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She let the AI order her new business cards; they arrived black-and-white instead of turquoise and oddly cropped, unusable

A Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist's first-person diary of living with AI: she gave it her email, credit-card statements and bank account; it surfaced a tax advisor's email she would have missed and offered to cancel a forgotten trial subscription, but failed at Amazon shopping (blocked) and online doctor booking. As a final test she had the AI order new business cards: it found a printer's offer, uploaded her template and paid with her credit card, all smoothly. Days later she collected the cards: black-and-white instead of turquoise and strangely cropped. Not usable.

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How it works

  1. She instructs the AI to have business cards printed
  2. The AI finds a print offer
  3. Uploads her template
  4. Orders and pays with her credit card
  5. She collects the cards days later
  6. They are black-and-white instead of turquoise and oddly cropped

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent flawlessly executed a real money transaction (search, upload, payment) and still failed the job: the physical product came back wrong in color and crop.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on sueddeutsche.de. See the original ↗

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