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  AI and machine learning has proven itself only useful at highly specialized tasks with highly trained operators. For example detecting cancers in MRIs or organizing legos or things where there is a definitive pass fail.
  Everything else, AI sucks at, because its always limited by the trainers capabilities.
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  I got into an argument with some guy on r/justrolledintheshop about a bit of a myth regarding brakes.
  I sent him several videos of an automotive engineer/enthusiast explaining exactly why it was a myth, including directly addressing some of the exact assumptions the guy was making, with the math and physics to back it up.
  He sent me screenshots of him asking chatGPT about it and getting vaguely myth affirming responses. He said that it was more conclusive evidence than "some stranger on a video that may as well be a flat earther making wrong assumptions" because it "used all the information on the internet to arrive at an answer, so he wasn't going to waste time watching them.
  Of course a lot of the information online regarding this topic is people believing the myth and companies happily selling them things based on it. >
  
  I’m curious to know what the myth was >
  
  That bigger brake rotors will stop a car faster. >
  
  That’s just for better temp dispersion and brake longevity, right? >
  
  Bingo. It's actually useful for track use where there is repeated high speed braking and smaller rotors would quickly overheat. Or in heavy duty towing in mountainous terrain.
  But on street driven cars, they won't do anything to stop you faster, as the limiting factor isn't the brakes, it's the tires, and larger rotors don't actually impart functionally greater stopping power even if the tires were grippier.
  And you can stop from freeway speed as fast as possible multiple times before any modern brake system would start to overheat. >
  
  So the problem with AI is it will only be as smart as the average person.