AI Capabilities and Limitations

Lesson 7 · Steerability # Letter vs. Spirit

Instructions are honored via pattern-matching, not understanding. There's always room between your words and your intent.




     Make it shorter

     Make it more professional

     Add more detail

  Summary




Your colleague forwards you this email and asks you to "make it shorter."

    **From:** Jordan Reyes
    **To:** Marcus Chen
    **Subject:** Following up on Q2 roadmap

  Hope your week is going well! I wanted to circle back on the Q2 roadmap discussion from last Tuesday. The team has been digging into the three proposed directions and we've landed on a recommendation, though there are some tradeoffs worth flagging. We think the platform consolidation path makes the most sense given the resourcing constraints, but it does mean pushing the mobile redesign to Q3. Would love to get your sign-off before we finalize with the broader team on Friday. Happy to hop on a call if that's easier.


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