A joke says AI can make a genius from sand but still can’t build a color-coded table
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-07-26
A sarcastic quip: they can apparently make a “genius out of sand,” but still can’t produce a color-coded table.
The joke points at a gap between flashy model capability and the mundane formatting or workflow tasks that people still expect AI to handle well.
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