Blogger Recounts How AI Tools Went From Helpful to Frustrating

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A Substack post titled "AI was great until it was not" describes one writer's shifting experience with artificial intelligence tools. The piece is shared on Hacker News, where it has gathered 7 points and no comments at the time of listing. The available material offers only the headline and link metadata, so the specific reasons behind the author's change of view cannot be confirmed from this source. Readers would need to visit the original article to understand the author's full argument and examples.

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