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I made music videos from my son's sight word list

His mostly nonverbal autistic son can read sight words. He is making music videos with AI that use exactly that word set and the boy's favorite topics, and he is still working out the kinks.

This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
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Make my $1,500 rent in 30 days — CEO agent spawned a swarm that burned all tokens in 10 minutes

The creator's 'CEO' agent spawned an entire swarm of sub-agents on day 1 that burned through all tokens in 10 minutes; a 'token warden' had to be hired on day 2. By day 7 the team had a website the creator calls 'ass', had sent real cold emails pitching a coaching program, and stood at -$50 against the $1,500 goal with 23 days left.

This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
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The AI pulled my demand letter together from the whole email history

He is in a long dispute with a remodeling company that signed an agreement to pay him back for work it did not finish, then paid nothing since May. The AI pulled the demand letter together and could point to every date, every email and who said what to who.

This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
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The AI rebranded my old presentation. The fixes ate the hour it saved.

The AI took a 6 month old presentation and updated the branding. He then had to replace images and fix a dozen small things that did not look clearly wrong at first pass. It saved an hour of copy paste work and caused an hour of editing.

This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
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