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To: fireman15

I don’t know anything about AI, really. I guess it takes someone like you to really understand its limitations. I’ve been doing ok without using AI for now.


54 posted on 08/30/2025 12:10:19 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: telescope115
I don't know anything about AI, really. I guess it takes someone like you to really understand its limitations. I've been doing ok without using AI for now.

I don't understand the hype about AI, and the huge valuations of some of the companies that are thought to be a little ahead of the curve. But I have found that using AI sites in particular Grok and ChatGPT for finding the answers to technical questions to be superior to using Google and other search engines. One day in the not-too-distant future you will almost inevitably be using AI “helpers”.

A better example than the websites I have put up on a tiny and inexpensive mini-pc... might be something that I just took care of yesterday.

The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) on my 2012 Ford F-350 has been acting up. What I wanted to know was how to determine which sensors, both used and new were responding correctly to my $10 wireless triggering device and putting out a good signal. I have several OBD2 code readers including two that have a lot of capabilities, but none of them will give me a measurement of the output actually coming from the sensors. The specialized TPMS tools that are capable of doing this are either extremely expensive or will only provide this information from sensors that are the same brand as the tool.

I had heard of inexpensive SDR (Software Defined Receivers) USB dongles that are capable of tuning in to almost any frequency after connecting them to your phone or computer. ChatGPT and Grok not only gave me recommendations they told me how to use them to evaluate my new and used TPMS sensors. If you use Google, you can find out about this use of SDR dongles as well, especially with the AI search feature, but this is an issue which can provide a good comparison between standard searches and the additional help you can get from the most often used AI helpers.

59 posted on 08/30/2025 9:06:35 PM PDT by fireman15
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