# "Given how amazing AI models are at writing code

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"Given how amazing AI models are at writing code, they're surprisingly bad at calling tools and carrying out instructions in everyday knowledge work, unless you flip the script around and say, 'write a program that does these tasks', and then they're great at it\."

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- Source published: 2026\-09\-28T15:38:01\.000Z
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