Article #43214

The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title 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 Source The Guardian - World News
Description

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.

It turned out AI was very good at mimicking most of the things I could already do. Irrespective of quality, it could churn out articles, reports, presentations, fiction, even podcasts with stammering hosts. That was no use to me. What I wanted help with was all the stuff I was useless at. There was an obvious target: DIY.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/jun/05/ai-artificial-intelligence-help-with-diy-valuable-lessons Published At 2026-06-04 11:00:11 (2 months ago)
Created At 2026-06-04 11:18:21 Updated At 2026-06-04 11:18:21