I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours

> I tried feeding a lot of this into various Als (Kagi gives you access to a few with a nice interface) and I found that they mostly were stupid in ways that made me think

"stupid in ways that made me think" is (IMO) a really good summary of how AI is useful, as well as its pitfalls.

yup, its a decent "Rubber duck" and an ok search engine.