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The AI made the lumber list from photos of our rotted mailbox. The list was not quite right.

A couple found their mailbox on the ground with the post rotted through. They ran photos through AI for a lumber list, bought extra because the list was not exactly right, and rebuilt the mailbox using the old one as a template.

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How it works

  1. Takes photos of the fallen mailbox
  2. Runs them through AI to get a lumber list
  3. Buys the lumber
  4. Rebuilds the mailbox using the old one as a template

Why it’s worth knowing

Photos of a broken mailbox were enough for the AI to work out a lumber list, even if it overshot what he needed.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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