The chatbots' answers may not always be right, but they can let you know what problems to watch out for.

Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los Angeles and has been writing and producing content for nearly two decades on subjects ranging from tech to fashion, health and lifestyle to entertainment and education. She's currently a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, helping to mold the new minds who will inherit the media landscape. She's hoping to prevent the singularity by being polite to chatbots and spends way too much time refining Midjourney prompts.

Your home can be a worthy adversary in the battle of time suckage: Gutters need clearing, railings need securing and walls need painting. But the worst home maintenance of all is the invisible kind. The leaky pipe in the crawl space that silently betrays you while you're focused on increasing curb appeal.

It's not just that you don't want to do it.…