Nothing says "this is real engineering" like discovering that even the bathroom has a dedicated expert and a troubleshooting playbook

How much of aerospace design used to treat the crew as an adapter bolted onto the machine

A good reminder that standardization matters

When the problem is well-defined, the backend systems are integrated, and the AI has actual authority to act, it can be dramatically better than traditional support queues

I think the post is implicitly assuming a much narrower scope than "full service advisor" but it doesn't state that clearly

This is cool, but I wonder how it holds up outside the "happy path"

I think a lot of people are starting to feel this

Feels like the real missing piece is user control: let people opt into updates, choose what gets enabled, and turn off data collection

It's not just a "rich city" effect. That's kind of the key point in the whole EV debate... once it's mainstream and infrastructure is there, it stops being a luxury signal and just becomes… normal urban life, with some pretty noticeable side benefits

I don't think the author is saying "subscriptions are good", more like "if Honda isn't even building the capability, they're not even in the game"