This reminds me of this video[1] used to illustrate what coding is like for a young audience. In the video a father follows instructions written by his two kids about how to make a peanut butter sandwich, and follows each instruction literally. I think it shows well how computers are "dumb machines" and you need to give them very unambiguous instructions (i.e. code).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-lOOUqmyY