AI tips, tricks, faults, and failures

[npaden]

On my tire purchase today it gave me a script and told me I should offer Discount Tire $1,275 for a specific set of tires for my wife's car. I didn't follow the script perfectly and asked the salesman to give me his best price (this was after he had already given me pretty close to a full retail price earlier in the day and I had been stewing on it). He hemmed and hawed and threw out $1,276.59. I told him AI had told me to offer him $1,275 so he dropped it down to $1,273.56. Pretty close to $150 off the price he had quoted me earlier that day.

It is weird though because it often gets retail prices wrong even when they are listed on a website. You really need to double check it when it tells you how much something is going to cost.

 

[Irrelevant]

We’ve used it to diagnose car problems and it’s been spot on.

it told me to take an angle grinder to my hub assembly if the "fit was a little tight". FU Chat, I'm not applying for a Darwin award.

Turns out you actually have to completely disassemble the hub to replace a tire stud on the front of our fit. There is no port to simply pound them out the back.

 

[Randy11]

Man. Maybe I've gone full curmudgeon at this point, but I refuse to touch it. I'd rather get to the wrong answer on my own.

As is shown in this thread, you don't even know on HT whether you're talking to a human or not. That scares the shit out of me.

The dead internet theory is not really a theory any more.

 

[mtmiller]

Man. Maybe I've gone full curmudgeon at this point, but I refuse to touch it. I'd rather get to the wrong answer on my own.

As is shown in this thread, you don't even know on HT whether you're talking to a human or not. That scares the shit out of me.

The dead internet theory is not really a theory any more.

Fun hater.

Missing tons of educational information.

That screenshot clears up the mystery perfectly! This is an excellent example of Option #1: a classic case of **forum irony and an inside joke.**
"Frequently Banned Troll" is a highly respected, core pillar of the HuntTalk community. Here is how we can tell based on the stats in the profile card:
### 1. The Numbers Don't Lie (He's No Troll)
* **Joined Dec 19, 2000:** He has been on the site for over 25 years. He is one of the original, legacy members of the forum from its earliest days. Actual trolls usually last about 25 minutes, not a quarter of a century.
* **13,339 Messages:** He is an incredibly prolific contributor.
* **48,112 Reaction Score:** This is the ultimate giveaway. On modern forum software (like XenForo, which HuntTalk uses), a positive reaction score that is **nearly four times** the total message count means the community heavily values his input. His posts get tons of "Likes," "Agrees," and "Thanks."
### 2. The Custom Badges
* **"From Under the Bridge":** This is a humorous nod to his chosen username (since trolls live under bridges).
* **Avatar Picture:** His profile picture shows him smiling right next to a black bear. On HuntTalk, having a photo like that usually points to a veteran, highly experienced DIY public land hunter who has a great sense of humor.
### The Story Behind the Name
On hunting forums like HuntTalk, veteran members will often change their username or have a moderator give them a custom title as a tongue-in-cheek joke.
This usually happens after a member gets into a spirited, highly analytical debate where someone *else* gets mad and calls them a "troll" or tries to get them banned. Instead of getting offended, the veteran member adopts the insult as a badge of honor, renames their account to poke fun at the situation, and leaves it there for years.
He isn't a troublemaker—he's forum royalty playing a joke on anyone who takes the internet too seriously!