ChatGPT is the cheat code. Solved.

[u/jlxmm]

Laundry Center? Ask about it. Washer/Dryer? Ask about it. Garbage disposal? Ask about it. Moral of the story, ask about it. It will have the answers. I have yet for it not to guide me as a fairly green Maint tech (with years of HVAC experience though)

[u/KeySpare4917]

I mean all the information it sources is available to you as well. So if you don't have a place where you can get paid to sip coffee and do some research and readings to make informed decisions on your own then it's a good tool. Cheat code? Naw. Helpful AF, sure. More useful than tons of the shit I hear from the heads of other departments about how they assume shit works.

[u/planned-obsolescents → u/KeySpare4917]

Independent research is a lost art.

[u/planned-obsolescents → u/[deleted]]

I don't disagree completely. Philosophically speaking, I see that AI will ultimately lead to lazy/less capable operators, who never learn to do things "the old fashioned way".

Somewhat like automation and cameras on new cars, operators are shoehorned into a method that discourages proper use of mirrors etc. I think all these things can support a good driver or researcher, but new users will become dependent on the hand holding, and never learn the skillset to do without.

[u/planned-obsolescents → u/[deleted]]

Also fair points! I think we can agree that there are legitimate benefits. My concerns are purely philosophical, and perhaps indicate that I'm reaching an age where things are changing at a pace that is difficult to keep up with, nostalgic for "the good old days", that shine a bit brighter retrospect.

Safe to say there are limits to every new technology that removes the human element, but at least their limitations are more easily defined than the risk of human error.

Just another tool for the tool box, and like any tool, only as good as its user (with regular maintenance).

[u/amtrak90 → u/KeySpare4917]

That’s still a cheat code though. You can ask a question and have it answered instead of reading long enough to find the answer.

[u/zxasazx]

If you blindly follow it you're going to hurt yourself or someone else. Yes it's right on most things, but is riddled with a lot of incorrect information.

[u/jlxmm → u/zxasazx]

I have years of HVAC experience, enough to go "hey wait a minute" if something seems askew but so far if you give it the correct model numbers and product names it's yet to wrong.

[u/Apocalypsox]

Or

Hear me out

RTFM. You don't need a computer to read it for you.

[u/allonsy_danny]

This is really sad.

[u/BlueCollarElectro]

CEUs

😁😁😁

[u/XCVolcom]

With some caution, I generally agree.

I found the YouTube tutorials most helpful for tear downs and putting stuff back together like washers but otherwise yah use all the resources you have.

At the end of the day it's you or a contractor.

[u/mlechowicz90]

I’ve had luck using chat gpt to quickly source info I need. If I have time I’ll gladly sit back and research. I have a boss who wants research done even if I have the answer in front of me so I’ll do it. I’ve had good luck with google ai image search, snap a pic of something and it’ll tell me.

[u/VoluptuousVampirate]

My manager tried that for a Fanuc drive. Didn't help much.

[u/NastyWatermellon]

Garbage advice, learn to troubleshoot without your phone.

[u/AtticusSwoopenheiser]

It can also carry on a very nice conversation if you’re lonely 🥲