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Darren Wright

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I had my one-on-one monthly meeting with my manager yesterday. She brought up that we need to work on goals for the next year. One goal of all of our IT department is to start finding ways to use AI to make our every day lives easier, not just as a technical/coding tool, but using it for every day tasks and then share how we have used it with others.

My manager: I want you to start investigating how you can use AI to help you in your everyday life and work.
Later...
Me to chatGPT: How can you help me in my everyday life?
chatGPT: I can help you build a resume.
:)

OK, Seriously now...

I personally not a big fan of AI. I kind of relate it to when our son gave us crap for getting our daughter a GPS device, before they had them on phones, saying "It's going to make her not know how to get anywhere on her own!"

But I'm trying to keep an open mind here...

How can it help us in woodworking?

A few examples, some longer than others....

Me: What is the hypotenuse with one side 4 3/16 inches and the other side 15 5/8 inch to the nearest 1/16th of an inch?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>... Answer: So, the hypotenuse is approximately 16 1/8 inches.

Me: How many sheets of plywood do I need for 7 pieces cut 23 1/4 inches by 34 1/2" with the grain running length wise?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>... Answer: You will need 2 sheets of plywood to cut 7 pieces measuring 23 1/4 inches by 34 1/2 inches.

Me: I want to create a 5 sided bowl with outer points at 12 inches, bottom outer points at 6 inches, 12 inches tall overall, with a 3/4 inch thick bottom. What angles do I cut each piece of the bowl to?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>... Answer:

Final Angles and Construction​

  • The angle of each side relative to the vertical will be approximately 15°.
  • The angle between the adjacent pieces at the top edge of the bowl (where the sides meet) will be 72°.
These angles will allow you to construct the 5-sided bowl with the specified dimensions.

Me: <thinking>But what are the measurements of the top and bottom of the side pieces?<done thinking>
Me: <asking directly after the previous question> What are the top and bottom width measurements for each side piece?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>...

Summary of Measurements​

For each side piece of the 5-sided bowl:

  • Top width: 7.54 inches
  • Bottom width: 3.77 inches
These are the measurements of the top and bottom edges of each side piece, which you will cut at the 15° angle relative to the vertical to create the tapered sides of the bowl.

Me: <adding to the conversation above> What are those measurements to the nearest 1/32 of an inch?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>...

Final Measurements to the Nearest 1/32 Inch​

  • Top width: 7 17/32 inches
  • Bottom width: 3 25/32 inches
These are the measurements for each side piece of the bowl to the nearest 1/32 of an inch.


I went on to ask about creating a jig for this on the table saw and measurements for the fence offset and angles. It came close, but will need some refinement question or for me to give it more information to do what I am thinking it should do...

Final Measurements and Setup​

  • Angle of the fence to the blade: 15° (this is the key angle to set for the jig).
  • Top width fence placement: 7 1/32 inches from the blade (this is the position for the top edge of the side piece).
  • Bottom width fence placement: 3 17/32 inches from the blade (this is the position for the bottom edge of the side piece).

Cutting the Pieces​

Now you can set the fence at these distances and cut the side pieces at the correct angle. When cutting each piece, position the side piece so that it aligns with the jig's fence, ensuring that the piece's top and bottom edges correspond to the fence placements. This will allow you to achieve the proper taper and angle for the side pieces of the 5-sided bowl.
 
In your examples I would say that you are getting an advantage from the computing going on. People just need to keep their heads screwed on right. Just like any tool, AI is not good for everything. The internet is safe. You just need to remember that much of the internet is a toilet. AI output is helpful. You just need to remember that much of the training set content (and the resulting data sets) come from the internet or other input sources that you do not control :D :D :D.

As woodworkers we work with dangerous things all the time. We know they are dangerous and we know the rules for working with them safely . . . Ya git mah drift? ;)
We've been innocuously using AI for years just not in the ChatGTP easy user interface way. . . Ever use Google translate? Ever had Google correct your spelling? Anyone still have a Yahoo Mail account?

P.s. Good thing I'm not opinionated. 🤪
 
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Darren: What is the hypotenuse with one side 4 3/16 inches and the other side 15 5/8 inch to the nearest 1/16th of an inch?
chatGPT: <long step by step output>... Answer: So, the hypotenuse is approximately 16 1/8 inches.

Me: What is a hypotenuse?
chatGPT: I'm busy...go ask Darren.

I haven't really played around with chatGPT much, but I do use the AI features in Photoshop and Lightroom quite a bit for changing backgrounds and de-noising some photos.
 
There are hundreds/thousands or more AI tools out there, chatGPT was just for my examples. I'm with Glenn that we've been using them for years and yes, they are based off of data that may or may not be accurate, therefore...."caveat emptor" (try that in google translate). ;)

That said, it's finding its way more and more into our lives whether we realize it or not. There are boundaries to yet be set legally and probably morally, and there are those that will use it for not so legal and immoral purposes.

It is just a tool, like any other, just have to try and use it in a good way and set your own boundaries where you can.
 
Has anyone seen the AI video work being posted on Facebook? Some of the videos are quite impressive.

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590K views · 7K reactions | LANJUT TERUSS LUAR BIASA | Hasnah Ray

LANJUT TERUSS LUAR BIASA.
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Don't openly believe anything that you see in photos or video anymore.

Charley
 
So I guess my take on it is that all of the AI stuff is still fallible enough that I feel obligated to cross check everything it does in detail. The quality also varies WILDLY between the free and pay versions and different point releases so folks see "ChatGPT" and they try one of the similar tools or the free version and the quality isn't even in the same ballpark.

So for instance the pythagoras theorem, if I couldn't remember that c=math.sqrt(a*a + b*b) it would be useful to get a pointer that I could then cross check independently... but I sure as heck still wouldn't trust it to do the math FOR me.

The problem with this is that it appears people are in general both uneducated and trusting (present parties excepted ofc..) so they will blindly trust the AI even when it's full of it and .. well.. yeah.
 
Vaughn McMillan said:
People often ask me how to know for sure if an image was created by artificial intelligence. So I marked in the attached photo (in the red circles) some clues that make me suspect that it's a fabricated photo, although it's not possible to say with absolute certainty in this case.

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Yeah, those are a dead giveaway; no mistaking that it is a fabricated picture.

Any of you guys remember the movie Looker with Susan Dey? In it movie stars and models start disappearing but somehow continue to be in new films and commercials. AI has a hand in this mystery/thriller.
 
Vaughn McMillan said:
That's Mark Cuban proving that he's not as smart about business as he might think he is. ;) Sure, there are a lot of businesses that can and will use AI, but plenty of others where AI would not help at all.
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I mean lets be honest if there was any doubt his stint on the shark tank show should have dispelled it...

I'm still mad that he messed up my favorite surf spot... Bought an admittedly trashed old house and then put up a big old fence around it and replaced it one corner at a time with a mansion. it was the perfect spot, there was a short set of stairs down to a rip current you could ride out into a juicy little summer wave.. and then just paddle back over into the rip for another free ride out.

OTOH his Cost Plus Drugs project is a great deal and I'm fully behind that.

I guess you win some and you loose some.
 
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