XLEShould handymen use AI to fix your electric outlets? New Mozilla project says yes!
This is so stupid.
It’s just an AI for assisting with various stuff tradespeople don’t necessarily know. It’s not designed to do the job of actual tradespeople.
It might be stupid but it’s not like it’s a safety issue or anything and if it were they are fully unqualified for their trade anyways.
It’s a whole lot of nothing, except a waste of money for Mozilla and everyone else involved.
If the AI is dangerously wrong in the things you know, how dangerously wrong is it in the things you don’t know? And will you realize it when you see it?
If an actual electrician AI existed (and not this administrative task AI) it might be dangerous for normal people to use it. But if an actual authorized electrician uses an AI to do unsafe work they are a terrible electrician and shouldn’t be an electrician in the first place.
Why is everyone assuming tradespeople are terrible at their jobs and apparently unable to spot unsafe instructions about their own profession?
Because I’ve seen enough farmers and handyman work to know that a LOT of people think they know what they’re doing. Or know just enough to be dangerous.
So it’s not an AI issue then? It’s yours countrys inability to certify electricians and plumbers properly.
Someone that’s dangerous without AI is dangerous with AI. Someone that knows how to do their job isn’t dangerous with AI.
In my experience ai can’t distinguish between a 5-15p and 6-20r, how useful could it be for an actual electrician
Did any of you read the actual post? It’s not designed to do electrical or plumbing work or whatever. It’s to “help with administrative tasks like scheduling, explaining invoices, etc.”
If an AI is used by an electrician and it results in them doing unsafe work. They are a terrible electrician that would do unsafe work without AI and should lose their license yesterday.
You don’t need to be an electrician to install a plug in Britain, in fact they sometimes sell appliances without plugs in Britain, so your excuse is irrelevant.
Why would it be better at those tasks ?
It is a safety issue