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How AI Will Transform Your Living Space by 2030
What if your home could predict when your HVAC system was about to fail, automatically adjust temperatures room by room based on occupancy, or even guide you through complex DIY repairs with step-by-step visual instructions? This isn't science fiction—it's the very near future of homeownership!
Donnie and Eric dive deep into how artificial intelligence will transform our homes over the next five years, exploring technologies that are either already available or just on the horizon. From energy optimization systems that could significantly reduce utility bills to predictive maintenance alerts that prevent costly breakdowns, AI promises to make home management both easier and more affordable.
The conversation explores how facial recognition security can distinguish between family members and strangers, providing customized responses for each. Donnie shares a recent experience using AI visualization to help clients preview a roofing project, demonstrating how these tools are already changing the renovation process. The hosts debate whether augmented reality repair guidance could reduce dependence on service professionals, with Donnie noting, "I don't think it'll put a lot of plumbers or heating and air guys out of a job."
Perhaps most fascinating is the discussion of emerging health applications—from bathroom fixtures that can detect illness before symptoms appear to air quality monitors that automatically improve ventilation when contaminants are detected. The episode concludes with equal parts enthusiasm for these innovations and Donnie's humorous concern that eventually, "that bathroom will kill you intentionally as they go to take over and Skynet rules the world."
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Welcome to the Carolina Contractor Show with your host, general Contractor Donnie Blanchard. So, donnie, we need to start off the show with an apology from me. I didn't leave you waiting too long but, for people who don't realize, donnie will let me know when we're ready to record, and I need to be in the studio ready to record. But I came home and I told him I said hey, we'll record it this time. And I was watching a movie and I got distracted, because there are some movies and I know you have some, donnie that you start watching and you can't break away. This was no Country for Old Men was the one that was playing and I got sucked into that and I was trying to think Shawshank Redemption does that to me and there's a couple others. But I all of a sudden realized I let 30 minutes go by, so I kind of had to rush over to the studio to record today. So apologies, and do you have a movie off the top of your head that makes you do the same thing? Get distracted?
Speaker 2:Yeah, the kid in me seems to like all the Marvel movies, so they just appeal to me and I don't know anything that will take you back and make you feel young again. I think has the ability to grab your attention when it's passing along. It drives my kids crazy, like dad, another one and I'm like I'm not really watching it, I just have it on in the background.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, that feels good, I remember two others there Will Be Blood I have to watch that and Field of Dreams. Those are movies I just once they're on you got to keep watching them. So again, I'm sorry for the delay of recording the show. All good, it was my fault, but we're here now.
Speaker 1:Yes, that's what's important. We're together. Now we can all hug. This is the Carolina Contractor Show. My name's Eric Smith. I do inside sales for home builders in Wilson and Greenville, across from me. The other movie buff is Donnie Blanchard, your general contractor. You own SureTop Roofing. Right now. At the time of this recording, donnie, how many weeks or months are you out because business is doing well?
Speaker 2:Everything's great and we can always work somebody in if there's an emergency repair or replacement. But we've got I don't know a month's worth of work on the books and I can't say that that's been the case since pre-pandemic. So there was a lot of a drop in sales. I think every roofer from the Midwest and up North decided to land in Central North Carolina. I know we talked about North Carolina being the third most influx state behind Texas and Florida after the pandemic and I believe anybody who had a pickup truck and a ladder decided to get into roofing.
Speaker 2:There was a spell of about two years where they really watered the market down and they didn't have the same overhead as we do. We just kind of had to wait those guys out because we knew they wouldn't sustain and I'm pleased to say since around about the time of the election the phone started to ring again and we were busy all the way through the winter. It continued through the summer and it seems like this summer we can't get enough dry days to get caught up. But we're getting there. We've had not a lot of rain and with the building company kind of in a sweet spot right now where we just finished up five jobs and two this week, and that rounds out the five no-transcript. That's fantastic.
Speaker 1:And you're. You are definitely in position, and rightly deserve, to uh, enjoy the fruits of your labor. If you want to find out some details of what Donnie means about his construction and his roofing and stuff, go to our website, thecarolinacontractorcom. There's information there about it, but the main point of the website is to talk about the show you're watching. If you're watching us on YouTube or listening to, if you're in a podcast mood, or if you're listening to us on the radio we're on multiple stations across state of North Carolina. The carolinacontractorcom website has all the details about the show how to find us, what we talk about, past episodes and podcast form. They are listed by show title or subject, so if there's something specific you want to look for, you can do it that way. Here's an example Today's show we're going to be talking about how artificial intelligence AI will benefit homeowners over the next five years.
Speaker 1:So we just picked a year what the future will look like with AI in 2030, kind of thing. But several times before and we did one last year we did a show called Smart Homes and it's an acronym and I'm going to have Donnie really quickly give the definition of that acronym. But you could go to thecarolinacontractorcom and search up smart home and find that particular podcast and listen to it at your own convenience. Also, if you have a question about your house inside, outside up down, doesn't matter Go ahead and hit the ask the contractor button, because that goes to Donnie and he's a general contractor. He'll answer your question. And sometimes we do entire shows that are nothing but questions from listeners and go ahead and submit that information. We are due for a show that is nothing but questions, so we'll have to get one of those in the future, but it's, if I can remember, right self-monitoring analysis reporting technology.
Speaker 2:So S-M-A-R-T and, yeah, super sexy. Where this came about is when we used to boot up your computer 15 years ago. You'd see all the numbers and letters going across the screen. So that was your computer checking itself for potential problems and basically they labeled that with the acronym SMART. So that carried all the way over to now and if you search online you can't really find that acronym in a lot of places. But when we did the original SMART home show, that did come up as the explanation for how they labeled everything SMART homes and I think it fits.
Speaker 1:It sure does, and I think it dovetails into today's show extremely well, because without smart technology, you really can't have the AI portion. Come in, talk about the cart. Before the horse, I said horse. You've got to have this technology in place so AI can communicate with all the other devices or all the other things that it does. So if you want to listen to that show, hit the website thecarolinacontractorcom, and today we'll jump into ways artificial intelligence is going to very possibly revolutionize the way you live in your house within the next few years. Are you ready, donnie? Do you have a fresh mind? I think so. I sure do. All right, here we go.
Speaker 2:I got kind of cracked my neck.
Speaker 1:All right, let's start with one that everybody likes, and that's going to be energy optimization. It's a lot sexier than it sounds. This is how you can save money with AI, and it cuts your energy bills through automation. Now you think about your thermostat. You probably have I know you have these and you can set them to run at certain times, run when you're not the smart, smart, smart ones, the super smart ones you can control remotely. Do you have the remote access for your thermostats? Donnie, sure, do.
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, I don't really utilize it a lot, but it is nice to check the temperature. If you got out of town or coming home, you can drop the temperature down and make the house nice when you get there. You don't have to wait for it to heat up or cool down.
Speaker 1:Drop the temperature down and make the house nice when you get there. You don't have to wait for it to heat up or cool down. Yeah, so I have the most basic one. You just program it. But if you go on vacation and you forget about it for a week, it's going to run that same schedule. Ai is going to cut your energy bills because it adjusts the lights, it adjusts thermostats based on your occupancy and we talked about one of the manufacturers of them a while back where you are, it senses when you walk by it and knows you're in the room. And then it senses when you leave the room. Well, ai literally can tell whether it's thermal or movement, if you're in a room or if it's unoccupied, and will adjust the thermostats, the lights. What was the name? There's like Google, nest and Ecobee is the one I have. Is that the one? You walk by? And it kind of tells if you're still there in the room or not.
Speaker 2:Yes, it does. It tells if that's one of the features. I can click on it in the second home at the coast and it'll tell me if it's occupied or not. So that's kind of cool that if you check on it and you want to know if somebody's down there or they made it yet it'll tell you if there's any kind of motion sensor activation. So yes, sir, that's a good one. But I think all of those have that same feature.
Speaker 1:Well, the AI will use that to incorporate where to set those temperatures when you leave, and it can determine outside temperatures Some of them will be able to determine the wall temperature instead of just the air temperature and determining how to make adjustments. Now, if you have solar panels, ai is going to manage that excess power more efficiently than it can currently do. It'll store it in the batteries, it'll pull it at night to run appliances and it can actually, if your system is hooked up, direct where that battery power is going to use for what devices. So instead of all of it getting burned on the washing machine running, it can keep other things on with that solar power and maximize the energy efficiency, and that, in turn, is going to save you money. So, several of these ideas AI is going to save you money and I think everybody'd be on board with that.
Speaker 2:They have something that's out right now. I know it'll get more sophisticated because not a lot of folks utilize this, but they have monitors that you can hook to your panel box, so your electrical panel it'll tell you exactly what's pulling what in terms of energy, and I think that those will be something that's probably going to be a code thing, especially if all houses, or 90% of the houses, go smart. That's going to tell you where your energy consumption is going and what you really need to be mindful of keeping an eye on to save that money. But yeah, agreed on all that and every single year. I want to say that thermostat is probably the most implemented smart home technology, because everybody seems to have a smart thermostat nowadays and everybody has Wi-Fi, so you have the ability to control that. But in terms of money savings, I think that's the biggest one and so far at this point.
Speaker 1:Well, it definitely gives you a big ROI. Now here's something that I think could save a whole lot more money using AI than a thermostat, and that is predictive maintenance. Think about your AC system. My guy comes in twice a year, spring and fall, and one of the things he does is run the efficiency of the airflow. He runs the efficiency of the capacitors and he hooks up all these weird things and he knows what he's doing and he prints me out a report. He says things like voltage is good, capacitor is good, or things like that. Well, I won't see him again for 180 days.
Speaker 1:Things can happen. Ai can keep a basic calendar for you and say your HVAC filters need to be changed. Okay, that's easy enough. But now AI can monitor the voltage of your HVAC systems and if it realizes a capacitor is being inconsistent or there's an airflow issue, it can tell you hey, this has fallen out of its parameters. You need to call your tech. That tech can come over there and fix or play something for a lot less money. Then it keeps on going and the next thing you know your motor or your compressor's gone out. And instead of a hundred dollar service call and a $50 part, he's saying yeah, we're looking at 2,300 bucks, literally. Using AI can save you from ever having that happen, and it can do it for dishwashers and refrigerators and water lines. It can tell you hey, here's a possible problem, check it out.
Speaker 2:Where I think the population is going to buck that idea and I think that it will be implemented all the way around. But I think it'll be slow, because what they're basically doing is taking that device that the HVAC tech plugs into your unit and test all the things they have to build all that in. They see tech plugs into your unit and test all the things they have to build all that in, and then they have to put a communicator, wi-fi communicator, to talk to your phone or whatever. The hub is that all that information is sent to. So they have to install that into the unit and they have to have those readings real time. So basically, what you would have like your service contract is what? Twice a year. So they would have everything that that service tech has on his truck built into the unit. That's what's going to have to happen.
Speaker 2:And when that drives the price of the unit up a grand, two grand, same with a dishwasher. All of a sudden your dishwasher is $1,500 instead of $500, which I'm all about it. And if they could justify it by saying, hey, the lifespan of these dishwashers is going to be double, that means you don't have to buy a new dishwasher for twice the time. So I could see paying an extra grand for a dishwasher in that circumstance. But I believe that when they start to implement these things, it's going to be expensive, and I'm just playing devil's advocate here because I'm hearing what you're saying. I agree with it wholeheartedly and I can't wait till it's a real thing in every house in the world really. But I think that it's going to cost a little extra money and I believe that a lot of people will buck that and stick to their old ways.
Speaker 1:I think that is an excellent point and I didn't consider that. We kind of have that ability with cars. You can buy a reader that will tell you what an issue is with a car plugging it in, and most modern cars are already compatible with those devices. But you're right, there is some information that is proprietary that only a manufacturer can read. So it would require, you're right, the manufacturer to tell you what devices it will work on and what you would need to have that feature, and then you'd probably have to sign a service agreement with that manufacturer's either service department or one they recommend. They might say well, your current one is great, but he's not affiliated. You can't use him if you want this AI service. So excellent observation, donnie.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's exactly what they do too. They back you into a corner every chance they get.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you can't buy anything anymore. You have to buy it off the web and you're only renting it and then you're held hostage. That's a whole nother story. Yeah, um, I have the most simple uh security system. Is we talk about AI? I have dogs. Um, I also have a ring doorbell. That's about as high as I need to go, um, or feel I need to go. I also have a Smith and Wesson I'm sorry I lied, it's a Dan Wesson, but you have, um, more advanced security than I do.
Speaker 1:Ai is now coming up with something that would work like a ring doorbell that a lot of us have with a camera. But facial recognition technology will now come down to the consumer level and AI will be able to recognize who's at your door, whether it's a family member or neighbor, or if you don't like your mother-in-law, it can send out an alarm. But it also can recognize if you are coming in with your arms full and unlock your door, can tell if it's Amazon, us Mail, ups delivering a package. You can tell if it's a salesman. This facial recognition technology that just a few years ago was for movies and mission impossible is now coming to your house with cameras and and door ring compatible type devices, so you can actually know who's at your door without even looking at a camera. It'll just say your dad's here, yeah.
Speaker 2:I think that the big question is going to be who steps into the market that's going to challenge ring, because ring seems to have cornered, uh, the market. They, they quietly were bought out by amazon what? Two or three years ago we talked about that on a show. So it's kind of scary that you know the ring monitors, who's coming and going and and what. 80 of the time that's amazon and so, um, I don't know what, what they are, what their intentions were by, you know, combining the two companies other than monitoring your shopping habits. But that's gotta have something to do with it. And, um, yeah, I don't know, I don't know how that's going to work out with the, with the facial recognition. I live in the country, you know, you live in a quiet subdivision, but I could totally see the value in that If you live in a busy area and knowing, hey, that's not the person that lives here and they've entered the house. And, yeah, it definitely would make me feel safer if I lived in a bigger city or something.
Speaker 1:Next thing on AI and how it can benefit your home on this episode of the Carolina Contractor is smart budgeting, and I don't mean just the basic budgeting tool. Building a house is expensive. You're doing renovations. You help people do renos, not just new builds. Donnie, have you seen some of the AI stuff you can do? If a person says, I want to renovate my kitchen, what's it going to look like? Sometimes it's an iPad or a laptop and you give them. Well, it could kind of look like this. But there's new AI programs where you hold a phone or a camera up in the room and you can make real time adjustments to anything, say, in a kitchen. Have you used it, or at least seen it?
Speaker 2:Oh, every week and I'm getting better at it. I had to teach myself how to how to be very detail oriented and you have to say specifically everything that you want. Or it's going to just dream something up to fill that space, or it's going to just dream something up to fill that space. The way I used it this week was we did a large roof for a recurring client and there's 32 units in this place and we just did the first two.
Speaker 2:They were extremely worried about picking the wrong color shingle because when the first two led the way, that means the other 31 units had to follow suit and we had to pick the right color. So we had a couple folks from the Homeowner Association in our conference room at the office and what I did before they got there is I took a picture of the first two units and I basically uploaded the picture, and I also uploaded a swatch of the weathered wood shingle that they wanted to see, and I told the AI to use that particular shingle and replace the existing shingles with that shingle color, which was the second image that I uploaded, and I also specified that it should scale that image down to match the shingle exposure, which was five inches of the existing shingles so that everything looked to scale. And it did exactly that. And just for fun, I took a picture of the finished product and you almost couldn't tell the difference, other than the time of day.
Speaker 1:Wow, you know, and it kind of goes into how AI can help with like home design, because it's not just colors on a wall or something, it's that virtual reality, that VR 3D, where you can almost reach out and determine. This is the height. I want my counter, even though there's nothing there, I want the shape of it to be here. You really allow a homeowner to almost not literally but figuratively get a feel for your renovation before you even take out a wall.
Speaker 2:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:And, speaking of that, we have the renovation that I mentioned. We'll carry on through the rest of this month. They have a very narrow kitchen. They had a pipe burst and their cabinets were flooded. So when we got to the job, the demo crew had already been there and torn everything out. Uh, it looked basically like a war zone. We got there and they ask about the possibility of taking out a wall on the opposite side of the kitchen. They have a a narrow kitchen, like I mentioned, so you kind of it kind of bottlenecks you through the downstairs.
Speaker 2:Um, we took a picture, an overview, long ways, of the kitchen and I can't take any credit for this because the homeowners did this, but, um, they, they, they took the picture and told it what they wanted. I said, you know, white cabinets, quartz countertops, shaker style doors on the cabinets and, you know, add a new light fixture on the ceiling. And they told it what to do. And, man, when I say the finished product is, uh, isn't there yet. But they came up with a picture that was beautiful and I mean it. It gave the homeowner a vision and I think, overall and just homeowner contractor relationship, just them seeing that vision and saying, can you really do this? And I said, absolutely, that was a win for me and I didn't have to do anything but just send a picture in.
Speaker 1:And you're very confident as a contractor that you can build it how they see it and how the VR puts it up there with the AI. Almost exactly. Yes, sir man, talk about personalized designs. And another cool thing real quick on that subject of budgeting and personalization is you can scan a product that you want for your house and say you told the contractor hey, I found this at Lowe's. Ai can say, hey, lowe's has it, but this place down the street from you has the exact same thing or a comparable model for $500 less. So in real time, and it can determine availability and inventory if that's allowed by the people that own the company or the business. But you'd be able to find them great deals as a contractor or the homeowner could find great deals on a moment's notice and say, oh, I can get it today and I can get it for less. Ai just sorted through all those ads and businesses and found it for me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we do that already with Amazon, and as much as I hate to support Amazon over some of the local stores, you know the homeowner can send me their selection and I'm a big proponent for plumbing fixtures to use Delta, because all the internal parts are brass versus plastic parts with the other brands. And so when they send me their Delta selections, a lot of times I'll go to Lowe's or homDepotcom and they'll say sure, we can get it, but it'll be next Thursday. I can type that same product into Amazon and have it before I wake up the next morning, which is awesome and scary at the same time. But I will say that Amazon tends to be a bit cheaper than the big box stores as well.
Speaker 1:I'm going to agree with you about Delta. I had a plumber come in one time because our kitchen faucet handle literally just popped off one day. It just came right off and I told him what do you recommend? And he just goes Delta, internal parts last better or last longer, and they're better parts, he said that's the only thing I use. So anytime I've had a fixture replaced unless it unless it has to be artsy, fartsy, withsy, with cool curled handles because it's a women's bathroom, I don't know, but it's all Delta and grief. The one we have in our kitchen must be at least 15 years old. That's how long ago the old one from a competitor failed after maybe two years. All right, donnie, you have your house, it's ready. You like to keep it clean?
Speaker 1:One thing that's pretty cool about AI is it can do a lot of home tasks. We talked about making your HVAC system run more efficiently, but it can sync lighting and HVAC and dim lights, adjust that thermostat when you're asleep, but it also can coordinate the running of appliances. There's a couple that you can run at night, like your dishwasher, off peak hours, and AI now can even tell on some dishwashers if it's full or it should run a half load. They have automatic dispensers, which I didn't know existed until I did some research. The AI can tell the look at the dishwasher, determine how much it needs to wash the length, how, what the load is, and inject the right amount of detergent, so you don't overuse detergent. Your dishes do all but load and unload themselves. Ai takes care of the rest without you lifting a finger, which is kind of cool. Now, this is what I was most excited for and since we've got plenty of time, I want to drill down on this for a minute.
Speaker 1:Home DIY. I want someone to imagine this is with AR, augmented reality, maybe something like Google lenses, the glasses and AI. You have a lawnmower and it won't start. Put on these and bring up the app or whatever it's going to need. You look at your lawnmower and you can even use voice command.
Speaker 1:The demo I saw is stunning. My lawnmower won't start. Give me some ideas. It will instantly scan your mower, determine what it is and then start offering solutions, and it might say into your earpiece sounds like your fuel line is clogged. Well, what do I do? You'll need the following tools you gather the tools and then, while looking through your Google lens or whatever you're using, it will, step by step, direct point to the screws, the clamps, the hose, the parts and tell you how to take it apart, clean it out, reassemble it. You could do it if you're switching out a light switch or working on your car or doing other jobs in your house. Plumbing you want to put in a new Delta faucet. It can guide you step-by-step with a grid pattern and virtual reality and literally show you how to change it in real time, versus how we usually do it now, which is go to YouTube, watch three videos, take a couple notes and then screw it up anyway.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I think that's pretty amazing. If it works like it's supposed to, that is, and I, I, I have a sneaky suspicion that that I don't. I don't know that that'll go that smooth. I feel like it's not going to put a lot of, probably not going to put a lot of plumbers or heating and air guys out of a job because you know, I think, other than you labeled it right, you said DIY task and so just on the small stuff, it's probably going to work pretty good. But you know, once it gets beyond changing that faucet out or just doing a couple of other things, you know, it may, may still be a need for a service tech.
Speaker 1:I still don't want to. I'm not comfortable with a detailed electrical and I don't like pressurized water lines. We've mentioned it a lot because that scares me. Because if you don't do a pressurized line connection correctly, you don't want to find out the next day that you had sprung a leak under the house or your bathroom's flooding because you have a stream running down into your kitchen. So not to, but it would help the person doing the repair because the repairman could come in, scan it instantly, know what he's working with and be able to fix that problem faster. He doesn't have to tell the homeowner. But you know, five years from now, when AI is more incorporated, maybe that'll be the case.
Speaker 1:One other thing I want to get to. I don't have any of the robo vacuums or what are they called Ro to get to. I don't have any of the robo vacuums or what are they called? Roomba Roombas. I know some people that have them and they give them names and everything. I'm not sold because I don't think my house, especially with multiple levels, is designed for it. But cleaning and maintenance with AI is absolutely. The stuff they're coming up with is great. You get a schedule and AI controls it to when to run your Roomba. It'll clean high traffic areas during off hours.
Speaker 1:Robotic lawnmowers I have someone down the street that has one and I was the first person to go. This is stupid. And then I saw it work and I thought it was cool because when it was done and you didn't see this little rover going across his lawn, you had no idea that a machine did it or a person did it and it went back into his garage and got on a little dock. You could schedule it when you want to do it and AI can say we're going to do this now because it's scheduled to rain later today, so we're going to do it or we're going to delay because it hasn't grown much, because there's been no rain. They'll set up on very super detailed, more than a Roomba can do with what is in a room that they need to avoid, what is outside that they need to avoid.
Speaker 1:Um, I talked about earlier. They can determine, like with, uh, the load sides of a dishwasher and the correct detergent. Um, ai ovens sound stupid but they can identify food with cameras in your oven and determine if it's cooked enough gauges or if it's going to get burned if it goes any longer, and even adjust the temperature up and down, determining what you need done on it. So your food, which I know this would hurt you you could have someone do your grilling for you with AI.
Speaker 2:Oh no, that's just take away my enjoyment. Why don't you? I think it's cool, and they have the refrigerators now with the internal cameras. I read something today when we were looking into the topic that they actually have an app now where it will populate your shopping list for you, so it'll make your grocery list for you, it'll order your groceries and you just do the pickup. Mentioned something earlier about having a robot in the house and um, they have these, um, uh, robots that monitor air quality from room to room. Um, they did mention and they didn't go into detail, so I'm not sure how this works, but it's it's something to do with a health monitor.
Speaker 2:I read where a lot of this, this, uh, smart home technology, is going to revolve around better health, when and, of course, air quality's probably at the top of that list. It showed an example when a lady sprayed some hairspray, you know, it told the return to kick on, or the supply and the return to kick on and clear the air, so it sensed when there was something there that wasn't supposed to be. The very the coolest thing was they said you should show up one day and have an unexpected package at your door and and basically there are sensors that are going to be in your bathroom one day, that will monitor your, your health and that that your uh. The sensor picked up that you may have the symptoms of a cold, or it sensed viruses uh present and and it went ahead and ordered the medication that you needed and had it delivered to your house before you even knew you were sick.
Speaker 1:That might be a stretch but you know it's Star Trek, but I could see it happening and that's when they become, as I said, sentient, like the self-healing concrete, and it will. Eventually that bathroom will kill you intentionally as they go to take over and Skynet rules the world. That's interesting. It may be a little invasive, but wow, I never thought about that.
Speaker 2:Well, I read something about that a while back, but it was talking about a toilet having that, and I could totally see that, because it basically takes your solid waste or liquid waste or whatever and it analyzes that when you go to the doctor, you pee in a cup sometimes and they'll tell you all kinds of things. And it and it analyzes that when you go to the doctor, you pee in a cup sometimes and they'll tell you all kinds of things.
Speaker 1:So I could totally see that technology being built into a toilet and I'm all for it no-transcript, because remember, with COVID, how they could tell if there was a spike in the virus was wastewater treatment plants would be taking samples. They couldn't be particular to a neighborhood or a household but they could say, hey, we've noticed a spike in COVID. Or then they could say, hey, we've noticed it's gone down because of wastewater test. So they already do that. So I don't think it'd be too difficult to put that into a house. And yeah, I agree with you, ai and health can be very beneficial.
Speaker 1:Someone said they had a really bad back problem. Went to acupuncture doctors, physical therapists nobody could fix it. Plugged it in AI and AI always answers. I'm not a doctor, but suggested they hang on a bar for 30 seconds, like a pull-up bar, but not do a pull-up, just hang there. And they said within 15 seconds their back went and the pain went away. Yes, that's awesome. So it's an assistant. Ai is again, lots of things it can do. That will be very beneficial, even though eventually it will kill you as it takes over the world.
Speaker 2:As long as they come up with a substitute for a prostate exam, I'll be happy. I'm approaching 50.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh, they're fun Until you take the wet and wild ride, buddy. All right, we'll put the show up on the website, also up on the YouTube page. Start at thecarolinacontractorcom, and if you have some ideas about AI or maybe some things you would just like us to talk about a subject, you can submit that information there, thecarolinacontractorcom. Thanks for checking us out today. We hope to see and hear from you next week on the Carolina Contractor Show. Have a great day everybody. Thanks for listening to the Carolina Contractor Show. Have a great day everybody. Thanks for listening to the Carolina Contractor Show. Visit thecarolinacontractorcom.