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The AI read 100-year-old service manuals and caught errors in them and in his own reading

The AI interpreted scanned old service manuals and circuit diagrams, ran simulation experiments to verify manual claims, cross-checked datasheets and papers, caught typos and his own misreadings.

How it works

  1. The AI interprets scanned service manuals and circuit diagrams
  2. Runs simulation experiments to test the manuals' claims
  3. Cross-checks datasheets and papers
  4. Catches typos in the manual and misreadings of his own

Why it’s worth knowing

It checked the manual against physics instead of just reading it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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