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Conclusion: 🟡🟢🟡❌❌❌🟢❌🟡❌It's definitely worth trying out, despite some obvious flaws.
if you want me to test out a specific task, let me know!
10/❌ Compare and highlight differences between draft versions
FYI these are the drafts I gave Manus. To be honest it would be surprising it any AI could recognize those hand drawn markups.
9/🟡Collect app icons
Of the 8 reqs, Manus did 4 right. I asked for PNG, and Manus simply changing the file extension of 2 SVG files before sending to me.
⏩ manus.im/share/3euKtS83CTIVM…
8/❌Download and format articles, remove ads
The AI was too diligent to do unrequested works like adding subheads, removing soft ads. This shows AI still can't do tasks needing precise control. It only processed 2 articles before budget exhausted.
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7/🟢Download LEGO 9656 instructions
Excellent. Manus found them much faster than I did a few months ago. It was challenging for someone new to LEGO Edu. I spent >1hr before giving up and ask someone else for help, but Manus nailed it in 1st attempt.
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6/❌ Collect export data from China Customs website
This is a task my economist friend assigned to his grads. I didn't tell Manus the exact URL, and it got a wrong one. The data Manus retrieved was accurate but not comprehensive before time ran out.
⏩manus.im/share/Hr5cqi4oS2QOt…
5/❌ Create a spin wheel for my kid
I forgot to mention that it needed to run in the browser, but that’s what Manus will do by default. Due to technical difficulties Manus failed to deploy to web but provide the source code.
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4/❌Export Slack data to Google Drive
Although this can't be done the UX was not bad - Manus clearly explained that it do things requiring personal credentials. This differs from Devin's approach, where it would have users sign in their accounts.
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3/🟡Sign up for AI products from YC's latest batch
Manus identified 27 AI companies from YC's W25 batch (incomplete), tried signing up 12 of them. It was quite impressive opening my inbox the next morning to find confirmation emails resting there.
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2/🟢Recommend monitors for a designer
I need a new monitor and asked my followers last month. The question is simple and lacks details, like real-life shoppers do. Manus clarified budget, size, color accuracy, connection prefs, then gave solid recs.
⏩manus.im/share/Gba6tQTxWpzKB…
1/🟡Track OpenAI pricing history in a spreadsheet
I use this to test Deep( )(Re)search apps, and it's something I need. I gave Manus a more ambiguous prompt., surprisingly, Manus beat all other products, at least in terms of the format on its 1st try.
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