Lula by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale - 1870s Sternwheeler Supply Boat for Floating Pile Driver

[Ian_Grant]

3 hours ago, Cathead said:

There's a difference between regular Google and Google's AI-generated results. When you search something in Google, often the top result will now be labelled "AI Overview". THAT'S what you should take with a mine's worth of salt. It's AI attempting to synthesize internet-wide results into a coherent answer and it's routinely full of crap. The problem is that AI is a black box and doesn't share where it's getting its information from or how it's analyzing it, so you have no way to assess the accuracy of its sources or results. For just one example, AI tends to assume that quantity equals quality, so it'll spit back whatever it thinks is the most-common answer. But that doesn't make that answer correct.

Cathead is absolutely right. My daughter's 2012 Camry has no maintenance manual and I encountered "AI Overview" while searching for maintenance intervals for fluids. It would have had me changing all fluids quite frequently. My world was turning upside down until I noticed that little "AI Overview" title.

[Keith Black]

 Thank you to everyone for the comments and the likes.

 

 Thank you to all those that joined in on the Google AI discussion. Think I'm gonna go the old/new school route.       https://www.britannica.com

 

 

 Scarier than the thoughts of AI dominating the world wide web was how easy the cylinder timber chain installation went, I expect that at any moment Lula is gonna completely unravel.    I've never had chain gone on this effortlessly, I am amazed.    

 

 

 

 

 The list is down to handrails and weathering. 

 

 Thank you to everyone for the support and for following along.

 

  Keith

[Canute]

Looks like you have just the correct amount of tension on those chains. We'll sit here waiting to hear the sprong of the tension. 🤞

 

And it looks like you have a leg up on your starboard side weathering. 😉

[Jim Lad]

Very nicely tensioned chains, Keith. Obviously went on easily due to your overall expertise! 🙂

 

A great discussion on AI, by the way. Very helpful to the non-tech savvy like me.

 

John

[Glen McGuire]

Agree with Ken and Jim about the nice tension on the chains.  That had to be harder than you make it sound to get it just right.

 

Also, if you're looking to kill 2 birds with one stone, here's a suggestion for the onboard animal and broom.