Audit my 6,500 Threads posts and find the 525 poems missing from my book
The AI audited the poet's 6,500 Threads posts against the master file for his collection and found 525 poems that had never made it into the file.
A random mix from the whole library. Shuffle for a new set.
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Making things, learning and having fun · 960 ideasA user got the AI to export his followers — and his followers' followers
404 Media reported that an AI user was able to export his Instagram followers and his followers' followers — data that should not have been exportable — prompting a Meta security investigation covered in its VM-escape story.
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The AI ported a game binary between two chips in 2 hours, no source
Ported a Linux game binary from Cortex-A7 to Allwinner A133P in about 2 hours using AI, with no source.
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The AI built his comment-quality extension for this very site in about 10 minutes
The AI plus Jev built a browser extension in about 10 minutes that ranks HN comments for sloppiness, which he uses to view HN.
The AI patched my radio app, and my home server keeps it up to date
He used AI to decompile the Android app for Swedish public service radio and add an open source option for casting audio. He also set up a script on his home server that pulls updates, applies the patch, and pushes the updated app to his phone.
The AI merged two photos of the same spot into one family picture, faces intact
The AI with Photocraft combined people from two photos of the same location into one photo in 3 tries over 5 minutes, after the AI attempts had changed faces.
The AI reverse engineered a menu bar app and modernised it in about 90 minutes
The AI reverse-engineered a Mac menubar app, modernized it and added Apple Silicon support in about 90 minutes.
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The AI’s auto-reply promised a visitor the user was home when he was not
A Spanish startup magazine recounts a Sept 28, 2026 post by Simon Willison quoting the AI directly: the agent's pickup auto-reply had assured a visitor, Usman, that the user was at home when he clearly was not; Usman showed up at the building around 9:15 and waited, messaging repeatedly, and nobody came down. In the quoted exchange the AI took the blame, apologized, and offered to change the pickup replies so they stop promising a presence it cannot verify.
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The AI helped me move my music server to version 2.0.12
He runs a Funkwhale music server on a virtual machine. Using his own notes, the official docs and the AI, he moved it from version 1.4 to 2.0.12, said it went very smoothly, and wrote up how he did it.
Found 277 unanswered brand-collaboration emails and negotiated back and forth with brands
Quitalashawn told the AI to scan her inbox for unanswered brand-collaboration emails, found 277, drafted and sent the replies, then continued negotiating back and forth with brands on her behalf.
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