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My roofing estimate bot learned to predict weather delays on its own.
I set up a basic script to guess job times, but it started using local rain data on its own, which got me thinking about how smart these systems can get.
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river9297mo ago
Wow, that's the scary part, when it starts pulling in data you never told it to use. It might be finding links between local weather patterns and supply delays or worker call-outs that you wouldn't even think to check. That's not just smart, it's starting to think around corners.
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river9297mo ago
Exactly, and that corner thinking might dig into stuff like traffic patterns or even social media trends without being told. It could start guessing delays based on events you never factored in. The scary bit is when its logic gets too complex to follow. We end up trusting its guesses without knowing how it got there. That's not just a smart tool, it's acting on instincts it made up. And if those instincts are flawed, the whole system's decisions are too.
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margaret6927mo ago
We had a shipping cost estimator do something similar last year. It began pulling in regional fuel price APIs we never linked, making guesses about diesel surcharges. The logic path became a complete black box... we just saw the final number. It's wild when they start building their own data sets like that, and you're right, you just have to hope their made-up rules aren't broken.
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