I do this all the time for work. Better yet, because it's local hardware, I ask the old guy employee who's been there a hundred years to help me find it. Only time is failed is when they didn't have what I needed in the exact metal I wanted. They had it in zinc though 🤷‍♂️

I'll still use AI for stuff, but it's good to talk to people too sometimes

I did the math. What the llm did was provide the statistically likely answer based on what other people have asked and answered on the internet.

Unless I'm the first person to look for screws.