AI - Don’t believe everything you read on the internet 🧐

[dochawk]

However, one of Henry Ford's successes was to pay his workers enough to buy his product.

a common urban legend, but not true.

Being able to buy his product was a welcome consequence, not the reason.

Turnover at auto plants was 400%+ per year. Employees weren't sticking around long enough to et skilled at the job, and had to be replace with new untrained folks.

By doubling the wage, retention more than a year became the norm.

Another side effect was that it made getting fired from ford a serious matter--you weren't going to get another job nearly as well paid.

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[Glen Baker LLC]

Who remembers back in school, when they started teaching metric? We were told.
The world standard is metric and the United States would have to follow.
I actually like the metric standard and I'm still waiting for the US to change.
Just because everywhere else in the world does something doesn't mean that we follow.
Europe is unique in how small it is. Great for EV's I suppose.
It is possible to drive through 12 to 14 countries in a single day, though this requires careful planning and an efficient route that takes advantage of the numerous small countries and border crossings in Central Europe. An example of such a route starts in the Netherlands and travels through Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, ending at the Romanian border.

 

[Tom 71 Maverick 24]

Apparently AI hasn’t gotten the memo that AWD can be optioned for the 2025 Hybrid Maverick.

In general, AI is just a glorified search engine, and is subject to the same erroneous slant and incorrect information that other search engines have, either by accident or on purpose. People look at AI as if it's smarter than any other source, that it's more believable, but it is not. It can be better, but as long as its source is our media, it's answers will tend to be biased in the same manner.

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

If you don’t want to drive, if you don't want to be challenged, if you don't want to leave a room or get outside and be a human.....AI is Awesome. There are of course benefits.

 

[Phimosis]

Don't necessarily believe anything anyone says on this site either.

Excellent point. A lot of times when you ask AI something specific about a Maverick, it will dish up inaccurate AI slop based on what it has scraped from the MTC site.

 

[BlueOval1954]

I recall a State Farm TV commercial confirming the internet is always true.

What does Jake have to say about the internet ?

 

[chacoBazzi]

> I just re-read this. Boy I sound pretentious and pontificating. Sorry about that. Not my intention.

not a bit of it--just erudite and confidently informed

now i'm really gonna drop a bomb: 2001 a space odyssey--like most of kubrick's films frankly--is horseshit. but his be-terribly-afraid-of-AI theme has somehow taken hold of the world

 

[dbbii]

So this thread got me thinking. There's a bunch of threads asking about how often should you change your oil. We get the random poster saying "Every 1,000 miles" to "Every 5,000 miles", etc. So, I asked Google. Their AI response is:

You should change your vehicle's oil every 6 months or 5,000-7,500 miles, whichever comes first, following the manufacturer's recommendation in your owner's manual. Factors like driving habits (frequent short trips, towing, or stop-and-go traffic) can require more frequent changes, while synthetic oils may allow for longer intervals, up to 10,000-15,000 miles in some cases. Always consult your owner's manual for the most accurate advice for your specific car

So, does that settle it????

 

[Red Eyes - Wide Shut]

> I just re-read this. Boy I sound pretentious and pontificating. Sorry about that. Not my intention.

not a bit of it--just erudite and confidently informed

now i'm really gonna drop a bomb: 2001 a space odyssey--like most of kubrick's films frankly--is horseshit. but his be-terribly-afraid-of-AI theme has somehow taken hold of the world

It's not the AI that's a problem. It is the high percentage of bad humans doing the programming. It seems that many of us like to destroy everything imaginable at a cost to the rest. Look at history, it is a revolving door.

 

[Chops]

When experts warn about the capabilities & dangers of advanced AI - they are not concerned one bit about incorrect answers given on automotive forums.

 

[Meeka]

So this thread got me thinking. There's a bunch of threads asking about how often should you change your oil. We get the random poster saying "Every 1,000 miles" to "Every 5,000 miles", etc. So, I asked Google. Their AI response is:

You should change your vehicle's oil every 6 months or 5,000-7,500 miles, whichever comes first, following the manufacturer's recommendation in your owner's manual. Factors like driving habits (frequent short trips, towing, or stop-and-go traffic) can require more frequent changes, while synthetic oils may allow for longer intervals, up to 10,000-15,000 miles in some cases. Always consult your owner's manual for the most accurate advice for your specific car

So, does that settle it????

I wouldn’t let A.I. Touch any of my vehicles!

 

[Chops]

I wouldn’t let A.I. Touch any of my vehicles!

Or the energy grid that supplies power & water to my home!

 

[Chops]

I wouldn’t let A.I. Touch any of my vehicles!

Luckily you don’t drive a Tesla or use the ACC in your Maverick

 

[chacoBazzi]

> some point soon all vehicles will be BEV. Period.

god i hope not but i'm scared you're right. the world does love flying to the extremes--and e-vehicles are extremely all the rage now.

plays to the ego of self-righteous technophiles with deep pockets and empty heads who love to show that they're doing something about global whining (sorry: warming)

never mind ev's total dependence on a stable electric grid--pretty much an oxymoron. almost the first thing to fail in a catastrophic disaster is the electric grid. within a few days my bumper-sticker cliche e-car is dead.

and never mind we're robbing peter to pay paul: forsaking the toxic and polluting oil industry for an even more toxic and polluting mining industry? least regulated and most toxic industry on earth is mining.

we all have friends with new e-cars and it's just a matter of time till we hear them complain suddenly of being sensitive to exhaust fumes--as if they'd never smelled them in their life

my argument is i wonder if farmers in bolivia and argentina are suddenly sensitive to the lithium slag in their ground water

nyt article claims hybrids are the most economical vehicles to drive; ev's charged at home cost more per mile than gas cars and ev's charged at public charging stations are the most expensive cost per mile of any vehicle

even when the lights go out--and that's inevitable--my mav will still be running. and i've got a siphon pump with a long hose to salvage gas whenever i need it

argument of the electric vehicle proponent is that such scenarios as i envision are the product of a fault-finder who's watched too many apocalypse films: it is the philosophy of the survivalist

but isn't that what i am? i intend surviving so that makes me a survivalist, right?

thanx for the width

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