AI slide generation: which decks it can make and which it cannot

Where generation works

• Recurring status decks where only the numbers change
• Internal information sharing to an audience that holds the context
• Workshop material where speed beats completeness
• Reformatting a finished document

Where it fails

• Budget approval decks, which must answer objections in order
• Proposals, which must open on the buyer's problem
• Explaining a change of direction, which must establish why now
• Hiring or investment cases, where each slide is interrogated

Here the sequence is the argument. Let the model choose it and you get a deck that covers everything and persuades nobody — all the sections present, and it still does not pass.

Write the outline, generate the rest

Write one line per slide stating what that slide must land, then hand the list over for body copy and layout. Twenty minutes of outlining is far cheaper than rebuilding the deck, and the judgement stays with you.

Check the numbers before it leaves the building

Generated decks sometimes contain figures that were not in your source material. If a number is not in your draft, it was invented. Verify every figure's provenance on anything external.

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