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The thing nobody warns you about with AI
I'll be honest about something.
I use AI every single day. I've built systems around it. I teach a course on it. And about twice a week, I still get output that makes me want to close my laptop and go outside.
Yesterday I spent 20 minutes trying to get Claude to write a simple client email. Twenty minutes. For an email. I could have written it myself in three.
The problem wasn't the tool. The problem was that I was being lazy about context. I was rushing. I gave it a vague ask and expected a specific result. And every time it gave me something generic, I got more frustrated instead of stopping to think about what I was actually asking for.
Here's what I've learned: AI frustration is almost always a mirror. When I'm frustrated with the output, it's usually because I haven't done the thinking work. I haven't been clear about what I want, who it's for, or what "good" looks like.
That doesn't make the frustration less real. It just makes it useful information.
What's your most recent AI frustration? And in hindsight, was the problem the tool -- or was it something about how you were using it?
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