"AI is going to take your job" I'd like to see AI steal catalytic converters

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[–] 56 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Our city made it illegal for scrap dealers to accept catalytic converters, and suddenly theft vanished entirely. Weird.

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  • I was driving a busload of kids home one evening outside of Philadelphia, and I passed by a mechanic's shop that had a big lit-up sign that said "WE BUY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS". I'd like to assume it was a honeypot but I have no idea if it was or not.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Same, but my state. It was maybe 6 months after mine was stolen.

    (technically, you can still sell them but the rules are strict. One of the ways was if the catalytic converter was attached to a car at the time. I think the other way was just more paperwork.)

    ETA link to legislation

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yes, this car has 50 catalytic converters attached to it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I thought it was some kind of steampunk samurai until I read the caption.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Looked like Fallout Power Armor to me

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    AI: Hold my water that I need more than humans

    : proceeds to hallucinate that the car factory needs to reroute catalytic converters to China by using its unfettered access in the procurement and shipping systems :

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  • [+] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Lots of copper and batteries though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Not as easy to get to, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    ... About the same actually both are attached to the bottom on the vehicle. Granted the battery pack is heavier and comes with the spiciest of sparks. But they are taking copper from live buildings, not sure they will pass up cars.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Well apparently all it would need to do is be a generstive AI trained on the image of a cstslytic converter in order to ""steal"" them.

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