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Comment by saulpw

8 hours ago

I'm also amazed at the abilities of AI when I can verify them. But, how do you know that Claude is right about your dishwasher? I mean you're not that much worse off if it's wrong (compared with a similar medical query), but isn't this a case of trusting the AI without verification, just because it looks correct and was stated confidently?

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TeMPOraL  8 hours ago

I know enough to evaluate the analysis I got; I have some general expertise and worked in fields adjacent to this, which is why I had the idea to troubleshoot a dishwasher off an audio spectrogram in the first place. And on the off chance I was wrong, this is super low risk - would cost me extra few hours of my life at a less convenient time.

My point isn't that AI can substitute for expertise in general, not just yet, but that if you're competent enough to evaluate it, AI can absolutely do hours of work in minutes even for things involving troubleshooting on factory floor (or home appliances). And, that this is a lever where personnel on the floor may have sufficient expertise to evaluate diagnostic work, but not enough motivation or space to do the diagnostic work themselves.

  • figers  7 hours ago

    At that point of low risk, why not just wait till it breaks and then get a replacement?

    Seems the AI analysis added no value, but took, up time...