AI home projects are changing how people tackle everything from clogged sinks to room redesigns. The question of who controls the technology making that possible is a lot more complicated.

Your Wrench Now Has a Co-Pilot

Gen Z and millennials are leading a shift away from YouTube tutorials and toward ChatGPT for home fixes. Baryer maps which jobs AI handles well, which ones still need a ticketed professional, and why anyone who can't visualize paint colours should already be using AI apps to preview renovations.

What Happens When the Chips Are Someone Else's Problem

At Web Summit Vancouver, Canada's federal minister of AI is set to present the national strategy. Baryer points to the gap: Canada is the only G7 country without a semiconductor strategy, and five companies globally control 91 percent of the chips the entire plan relies on. Canada has the raw materials. It just doesn't have a plan to use them.

Topics: AI home projects, AI DIY tools, Canada semiconductor gap, Web Summit Vancouver, AI upskilling Canada

GUEST: Andy Baryer | handyandymedia.com

Originally aired on 2026-05-11