What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI?

Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? by nkoren on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:25AM (#48422347)

Yeah, and with 95% of those videos, there'll be something they gloss over which I don't understand; or I'll have a concern which they don't address; or, conversely, they'll assume that their target audience was born in the 15th century, and spend 20 minutes building up the context, when what I really needed was about 12 seconds.

With an AI, I can say "I don't understand that part, can you explain more?" Or "what about this concern I just thought of", or "I already know almost enough about this, I just need this one gap filled in." It's an objectively better experience.

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Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? by crispyambulance on Saturday June 06, 2026 @09:31AM (#48424932)

I do appreciate how helpful AI has been with troubleshooting and providing vital background info in repairing appliances. I've been doing this since before AI, as appliance repair services from professionals are all but gone where I live.

However, neither AI nor (most of) the videos can help with finagling frail snap-fit assemblies one encounters in appliances. A lot of appliance repair work is very simple but requires significant practice and figure-it-out time, in addition to waiting for sketchy parts from Ebay. Half the battle is just finding the damn parts.

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Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? by RussianCow on Saturday June 06, 2026 @11:19AM (#48425895)

Same with cars. Half the battle is sometimes just unscrewing an old bolt that hasn't been touched in 10+ years without breaking it, or getting the rusted on rotors to come off.

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Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? by studog on Saturday June 06, 2026 @11:28AM (#48425966)

That is a very good point I had not considered: AI to level-match the material to my "learning speed". I'll give it a try at the next opportunity.

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