I Asked ChatGPT to Fix My Furnace

A small illustration of how AI is already impacting the economy.

Unfortunately I was traveling all week and didn’t have time to work on a newsletter, so here’s a humorous ChatGPT story instead!

I spent last week in the frozen north (Boston), and returned to an equally icy surprise at my home in Pittsburgh. My thermostat read 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

We have an oil furnace — something I didn’t know was a thing until we bought the house. The oil furnace is fun. It makes you feel off-grid. The only problem with being off-grid is that when you have an issue, it’s your problem.

We had no oil and no one to bring us any.

The oil service said they would come in the morning — and we were thankful — but thankfulness wouldn’t keep our toes warm for the next 16 hours. It also wouldn’t keep our pipes from freezing. The temp was already well below 32 degrees. Winter was coming.

If you’re interested in whether AI was able to get us out of this predicament…