I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett
TL;DR
Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips I am not, by nature, an early adopter. There comes a point in our lives where change becomes more irritating than exciting and, I suspect, I reached it sooner than most. But when a workplace recently tasked me with exploring practical applications for AI, I spotted an opportunity to cast off my luddite inclinations.
Nauti's Take
Nice reminder: AI is great at mimicking text and plans, but real-world craft exposes its blind spots – a subfloor on rotting stumps would have been a costly mistake. The upside: failures like this sharpen your own judgement.
Nauti suggests using AI as a sparring partner while always checking the critical steps yourself, especially when things get physical.
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