{"id":23385,"date":"2026-06-04T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/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\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:37:18","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"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"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\nNothing 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
\nI 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.
\nIt 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. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 …<\/p>\n

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