My AI turned an American prepper video into a Canadian blackout kit
I sent Jarvis a YouTube video about blackout supplies from an American store. It could not get the transcript, said so, and built a better list for a winter outage where we actually live.
It did not guess what the video said
YouTube would not hand over the transcript from our server. Jarvis could have made up the video's list. Instead it told me it could not read it, and built a list from scratch for a family of four riding out a three to seven day winter outage in Ontario.
It also pointed out the store in the video is US only, and its Ontario counterpart had closed. So every item was sourced from stores we can actually drive to, like Canadian Tire, Costco, Home Hardware and Amazon.ca.
Tiers, links, and honest prices
I asked for it by email. It came back in three tiers: essentials first (heat, water, light, phone power, a radio, a backup toilet, cash), then comfort upgrades, then a generator tier. Every line had a link and a note, like putting a battery carbon monoxide alarm in the same room as the indoor propane heater, and running a generator outdoors only.
Prices it checked that morning were marked as live. Ones it could not check were marked as estimates. That is the habit I want from any agent: say what you could not see, adapt generic advice to the local reality, and label the numbers you are not sure about.
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