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The AI told me to pull a breaker out of my panel right away

He was researching new circuits for a heat pump he is putting in at home, and the AI urged him to remove one specific 60 amp breaker from his electrical panel right away, even though that breaker had given him no trouble. He took the advice and says it saved his house and probably his life.

How it works

  1. Works through his heat pump circuits and parts with AI
  2. The AI urges him to remove one specific 60 amp breaker from his panel right away
  3. He removes it

Why it’s worth knowing

He asked about circuits he wanted to add. The AI told him to take out a breaker that seemed fine, and he says doing it saved his house and probably his life.

Where it’s from

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

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