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I just picked up a project car, and have decided to use AI as my side-mechanic and helper. I had it build a local site, which has a checklist with subtasks, note and photo abilities and parts tracker. The checklist was built up by ai based on what ive been telling it, etc. I have tuned the project ai to handle part searches, identification, and general help. I just added a trigger for things like adding notes and photos, so that when i add them, a request is fired off to the ai, and it will analyze, id, etc. Ive also given myself a way to directly prompt the ai from the site for help, instructions, diagrams, whatever. Ive got a little thinkcentre pc in the garage where the site is accessible, and its also available on my phone for pictures. Its still early in the car project itself but its already been helpful in identifying the engine, and found 2 issues i overlooked.

Also ai helped me build an offgrid setup for said garage because the garage has no power. Helped me size things out, gave me diagrams, etc. Also has already provided me with a way to setup an automatic generator startup when the battery is low. I havent set that up yet, but its in the pipeline.

I started and then abandoned a really deep circuit simulator, which was going to be able to emulate full actions and code eventually.

aaaand lastly, ive spent the last 2 months in the evenings with ai building a complex rts game in godot, its almost 1.0 ready. Sadly the ai im using has been really struggling to turn out quality 3d models, so thats probably going to be on me, which will delay significantly.

parent CableNinja 11 days ago

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