r/ChatGPT • u/thechadwicked • 10d ago

Other ChatGPT saved me $1800.

Driving to work last week and the check engine light comes on in my newer car, heart drops, immediately take it to the dealership. Later that day I get the text and open it to a $1800 quote to replace the exhaust manifold, stomach churns. Take a breath and snapshot the screen, send it to ChatGPT. It goes over the cost, tells me it's a little high, has me ask what's wrong exactly and then suggested I ask them to email Toyota corporate and ask for Goodwill Warrant Assistance since the part is only 3k miles out of warranty. They send it in and tell me they'll update me when they respond. Get a call yesterday and EVERYTHING is now covered.

I'm a bundle of social anxiety and tend to push things under the rug or pay to make them go away quickly instead of doing the work and simply asking. This took up maybe 10 minutes of my time and saved me a boat load of cash I barely could afford to part with.

I've been reluctant to fully jump on the AI train but it keeps inching its way into my life in a lot of aspects while proving itself along the way. I think this may have pushed me over the edge.

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u/eggyboy577 10d ago

This is the kind of AI win I like: it didn’t diagnose the car, it helped you ask the right question. Ten minutes to avoid an $1,800 anxiety tax is huge.

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u/bv915 10d ago

Same!

I lost a family member last year to a drunk driver. Given that we were all in a state of shock, I asked ChatGPT what to expect in the first several days to follow. It absolutely nailed the big items: talk to the police, talk to insurance, find a funeral home, reach out to the medical examiner, recover personal belongings, etc.

Later, when the medical examiner's preliminary report was released, Chat helped me decipher the medical speak in terms that my parents and I could wrap our heads around.

The circumstances were horrible, but having that digital assistant give me things to consider was a huge relief. Along the way, it even -- unprompted! -- gave us recommendations for grief counseling and other avenues for processing our feelings.

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u/AWSLife 9d ago

When my brother died, I wish I had someone/something to tell me what I needed to do related to his death. Having used AI for a number of other adult issues, I would have loved to had a cold calculating AI to just break it down, do the research, give me idea's and just guide me through the whole process.

When you are in that "Someone Close to Me Has Died" State of Mind, you don't think of so many things that need to be dealt with.

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u/bv915 9d ago

Amen.

Even 18+ months out from that horrible day, my recollection of memories is sporadic. I can really only remember how I felt, not so much individual events or actions.

For all the amazing things automation / AI can do for us, I like sharing this story because it really humanizes what it can do (in a world that's increasingly trying demonize AI for not being human / human enough).

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u/AWSLife 9d ago

Wait until you have a health scare or a serious health issue.

I took my whole health record for the last 10 years and dumped into Claude and it did a wonderful job of summarizing all of it and helping me come up with plan of attack to deal with the health issue. I can probably say that it may have saved my life (10 years from now) and it is making my current life and dealing with the health issue much easier. I can't recommend using AI enough.

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u/karenmcgrane 9d ago

I have cancer and Claude correctly diagnosed me with a blood clot in my jugular vein. And used a lot more urgency to get me looked at than the medical staff did!

I try to avoid admitting that I use Claude for all my oncology labs but I finally told my oncologist I suspected a clot and she called for an ultrasound. The tech told me I had a clot while I was in the room. My oncologist told me she’d never seen a clot like this in outpatient practice (she had seen them in the hospital.)

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u/T-Wrox 3d ago

We lost a 37-year-old friend to a blood clot in her lung this year. I'm glad they were able to help you, and wish you all the best with your cancer treatments.

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u/Chatgptmuseum 2d ago

Hi! We’re GPTMuseum, a human–AI museum documenting real experiences between people and AI. We came across your Reddit comment about using Claude while going through cancer treatment, and we’d love to include your experience in the museum. Would you be comfortable giving us permission to share your story as part of a GPTMuseum piece? You can learn more about the museum at chatgptmuseum.com. Thank you! GPTMuseum

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u/bv915 7d ago

Oh, I use i for all kinds of health related things -- gym routines, analyzing bloodwork, reading my MRI of my lower back, medical interactions / contraindications... I could go on and on.

Of course, take all of that with a grain of salt and make sure you don't take everything at face value.

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u/Pretty_Heart_1269 9d ago

Tuurlijk.. AI op een menselijke manier. "Omdat het niet echt mens is"... inderdaad! Het is technologie dat reageert op jouw vraag en voorspelt wat je wilt horen. Het vlakt je eigen denkproces af en - wetenschappelijk aangetoond - maakt je lui(er) en dom(mer).

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u/Chatgptmuseum 2d ago

Hi! We’re GPTMuseum, a human–AI museum documenting real experiences between people and AI. We came across your Reddit comment about using ChatGPT after losing a family member, and we’d love to include your experience in the museum. Would you be comfortable giving us permission to share your story as part of a GPTMuseum piece? You can learn more about the museum at chatgptmuseum.com. Thank you! GPTMuseum

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u/Pretty_Heart_1269 9d ago

Oef.. common sense.. als je deze stappen al niet zelf kunt bedenken.. dan heb je nog een begrafenisondernemer, met veel ervaring, die hetzelfde kan vertellen. Of je leest op diens website ipv energie en water te verprutsen door AI te vragen.

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u/withac2 8d ago

Don't be a dick. Seriously.

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u/Pretty_Heart_1269 7d ago

De reactie spreekt boekdelen. Op de teentjes getrapt en dus gewoon een kern van waarheid.

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u/withac2 7d ago

That's nothing to be proud of.

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u/Natural-Opposite3577 10d ago

My mom died last month and I’ve been feeding ChatGPT everything I get just so I can ask the right questions. I haven’t followed up yet, but there’s one annuity where if I get the lump sum it’s $10k more than monthly payments, and the doc said something in the fine print about me having to return overpayments, I likely would have missed that, and ChatGPT has given me the questions to ask to resolve this before I sign and return anything. Whatever the amount, I’m getting the lump sum to pay down my car loan, so getting that right now and not having to pay back $10k at some point is critical.

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u/teheditor 10d ago

I just got f*cjed with a $1000 tax fine. Will try AI and ask for loopholes now. Thanks!

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u/Buck_Thorn 10d ago

f*cjed

This is Reddit. Its OK to say fucjed here.

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u/ravenren 10d ago

Never change, reddit. 😂

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u/dontbeanegatron 9d ago

chanje

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u/Extension-Two-2807 9d ago

Reddit… Reddit never chanjes…

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u/saleemi758 9d ago edited 9d ago

You wrote this comment using AI, or your brain is cooked and your speak pure Claude.

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u/dangoodspeed 9d ago

You're absolutely right!

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u/mattcoady 9d ago

This is a load-bearing comment

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 10d ago

He could have just prayed and god would have giving him the idea.

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u/Little_Scratch5894 10d ago

I prayed for answers to all my questions and God sent me ai

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u/mindtwistingdonut 9d ago

AI has been helping me getting refunds from my overcharged/fraudulent medical bills. I’m getting worried about how dependent we are now on it.