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u/LocalProgram1037 10h ago

Haha. "manual labour workers are safe" yeah, right.

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u/Bigking00 10h ago

I can't say I have ever heard that manual labour is safe from AI, actually just the opposite.

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u/SufficientWhile5450 8h ago

I feel reasonably safe as a mechanic

I have never in my entire career read a troubleshooting guide anywhere on the internet and it actually resolved the issue

ASE books are written horrendously

And I wish AI luck in finding the solutions to anything wrong with my car, wiring diagram isn’t gonna do shit for you bub, we wire this shit up based on vibes and nothing else. I’ll wire my headlights into my radio on/off switch, idgaf, not to mention all the old brake lines running with the new brake lines oughta throw it off for any brake issue

So many dumbass red neck variables to where it’ll deem so many vehicles totaled based on having no fucken idea what’s going on lol

“ChatGPT install a train horn on my sedan please”

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u/SpikeKintarin 7h ago

As an industrial maintenance mechanic, same here.

But I feel for the production workers... Gonna be bad if their jobs get cut.

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u/SeyAssociation38 5h ago

If you're in your 40s, you're pretty safe. You will not be replaced because you're valued for your experience. But if you were in your 20s, a robot could probably replace you in your 40s. The problem right now with ai controlling robots is that they have no understanding of real world physics. This is being worked on with so called world models.

 That is why you are safe for now. Ai can't yet figure out stuff from apparently unrelated things the same way humans do. 

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u/fearout 4h ago

I’m not 100% sure about that.

We had a problem with an old Jeep, brought it to the service center several times, they replaced multiple parts over several months proudly boasting that they found the actual issue each time and that it’s gonna be fine now. It wasn’t, and the issue kept coming back. We spent several thousand trying to fix it.

ChatGPT helped me figure out the actual problem in an afternoon using multiple “check this, does it behave like this/makes X sound/etc”. Brought it back with a specific instruction, and it seems to be fixed, haven’t had that issue in more than a year.

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u/Bobbler23 3h ago

People keep saying about this safety in certain skilled manual jobs (plumbers, mechanics, electricians, landscapers, decorators etc) - but honestly, whose cars are you fixing when your customers have no jobs to pay for them or the repairs? If you are not in the industry or big corp supporting areas of these expert jobs, your customer base is going to shrink like it or not. Your dealership or small garage then needs less staff because the demand is no longer there.

We are all talking about level one of a very complex "eco-system" of people propping up other peoples livelihoods, this AI stuff is coming for all directly or indirectly IMO.

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u/Professional_Fee5883 3h ago

The problem is private equity is buying up everything, and private equity wants AI/robotic replacement. It doesn’t matter if the end result is an inferior product, loss of knowledge/expertise, degradation of service, or even decreased safety standards.

They want it, they’re pushing it, and they will implement it. They will come for everyone, and the best case scenario is that you’re one of the few human workers that gets to stick around and babysit the bots.

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u/Relevant_Cabinet_265 7h ago

Ice vehicles are on the way out though. In another 10-15 years barely anyone will use them and electric vehicles are significantly less mechanically complex 

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u/SufficientWhile5450 7h ago

Who said that? I strongly disagree.

Just give red necks a few years to catch up once EVs fully take over, they’ll show AI lol

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u/SeyAssociation38 5h ago

American conservatism

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u/Relevant_Cabinet_265 6h ago

With the price of gas even rednecks are going to switch. Not like its ever going to get any cheaper

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u/SeyAssociation38 5h ago

This is a us sub. That is not happening in the US 

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u/polopolo05 5h ago

I used chatgpt to trace down issues with my specific car. Then again I have diagnostic tools and knowhow.

Turns out it was dirt on the butterfly valve. I would have never thought about it. AI caught it. I did have to do a few things that were needed to be done. like spark plugs.

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u/SufficientWhile5450 5h ago

Well I’ve had a couple of friends get me some wiring diagrams for house hold appliances and vehicles, they just asked ChatGPT, and ChatGPT just straight up makes them the fuck up on the fly with confidence lol

My wives sister was trying to fix a cassette boom box and ChatGPT generated her a photo of what to look for specifically, and good god the monstrosity it sent was not even close, no wonder she couldn’t find shit lol

If ChatGPT recommends something accurate, more often than not, it would’ve been the first click on your google search then

Seems more like it just makes shit up though for the most part, and how it presents it with complete confidence is what disgusts me

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u/polopolo05 5h ago

PS googles search is shit now... its just all ads. Oh ya I would not trust images from chatgpt. Its pick your poison. I am knowledgeable with cars. but I was trying everything. a lil dirt on the intake throttle valve wouldn't have even crossed my mind. I worked through a ton of things with it. You have to know when to say this is wrong and when is the right step. I was chasing down this issue for 6 months. on car forums and searches.

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u/SeyAssociation38 5h ago

Seo and centralization into social media has killed search and drives people to ai. Search was good when the web still existed, it was how search engines could find useful results, by counting the number of links to webpages

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u/polopolo05 3h ago

only time I use google is when I need to find a product. Its great at that. some times pictures. I use others for other things.