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The AI talked me through fixing my boiler. It works now.

Her boiler had stopped heating the water. She sent the AI about 15 pictures step by step, followed its instructions to turn it off, switch a few handles and reset the pressure, and the boiler worked again.

How it works

  1. She attaches about 15 pictures of the boiler step by step
  2. The AI tells her to turn it off, switch a few handles and reset the pressure
  3. She turns it on again and shows the dial
  4. The fault was the pressure and the boiler heats the water again

Why it’s worth knowing

With only photos and step by step instructions, the AI found it was the pressure and the boiler worked again, with no callout.

Where it’s from

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

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