LLM Pareto Optimizing My Life
I believe I’ve discussed the parable of the Whispering Earring in the past. This story predates the current AI boom, so its central metaphor isn’t really about AI usage turning us all dumber as we become codependent on the technology. However, that’s the frame of reference I’m to refer to AI models, so.
I’ve been outsourcing more daily drudge decisions to AI models – ChatGPT, Gemini Pro, and Claude. I kind of send the queries to each other and have the other models validate if the decision is good or bad. I plan on keeping this list as a living document of life decisions I’ve opted out of due to AI. Here’s the current running total:
Dish soap: Buy blue Dawn.
General cleaner/disinfectant/deodorizer for all surfaces from carpet to tile: Odoban
Buy spray bottles and use diluted versions of both for general cleaning – Dawn for kitchen counters and stuff with grease, Odoban for floors, generally, and smells on furniture.
Dawn applications:
Odoban Applications:
Cleaning Stains: Folex
To clean Washing Machines: Buy Citric Acid and Sodium Percarbonate (or Oxiclean, depending on price – Oxiclean is half made up of Sodium Percarbonate anyway, so if it’s cheap enough you can substitute Oxiclean and just double the dose in your cleanings)
Run a cup of citric acid in a hot load in your washing machine once every two months or so. Do the same in a separate load with the sodium percarbonate. The citric acid cleans the built up residual detergent in your washing machine, the sodium percarbonate cleans the biological scum that builds up in your machine – mildew and other biofilms.
Here’s the full routine for those interested:
Buy a whetstone and sharpen your kitchen knives on a regular basis. The youtube channel Outdoors55 recommends this or this, which is the same as the first, but smaller and comes with a base. You can learn to pick up the basics of sharpening in under a day and you will notice the difference immediately in your kitchen. I also purchased the second and it works really well.
Cleaning metals or pots/pains: Bar Keepers Friend
Cleaning walls: Melamine Foam
EZ method of maintaining car’s clear coat + easier maintenance on select home surfaces: Optimum Opti-Seal
