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I used LLMs for something similar recently. I have some old microphones that I've been using with a USB audio interface I bought twenty years ago. The interface stopped working and I needed to buy a new one, but I didn't know what the three-pronged terminals on the microphone cords were called or whether they could be connected to today's devices. So I took a photo of the terminals and explained my problem to ChatGPT and Claude, and they were able to identify the plug and tell me what kinds of interfaces would work with them. I ordered one online and, yes, it worked with my microphones perfectly.

My washing machine went out because some flooding and I gave chatGPT all of the diagnostic codes and it concluded that it was probably a short in my lid lock.

The lid lock came a few days later, I put it in, and I'm able to wash laundry again.

It's surprisingly good at helping diagnose car problems as well.