We all have stuff we know well and don’t. I know the % charge on my phone to within a few percent and the current time to within a few minutes — no matter when you ask. But I have no idea how much money there is in my pocket.
| Things I know within 5% error | Things I get wrong by ~500% |
|---|---|
| Current time | Time to finish my current task |
| My weight | My next meal |
| % charge on my phone | How long the phone will last |
| Number of unread emails | Time to clear them |
| Price of my next earphones | Cash in my wallet |
| Length of this list | How long it will go before I stop |
But this apart, it turns out generating xkcd style comic strips is harder than I thought.
- ChatGPT refuses outright
- Grok can’t draw, only edit
- Grok doesn’t edit well either
- Claude tried to write a program that misses the font AND the wavy lines
Gemini Flash 2.0 (Image Generation) Experimental gets it mostly right, though.