Are you using AI?

I am a heavy user of AI.

What do you mainly use AI for?

I use it both for work (have a paid subscription) and I use it for personal stuff too.

Has AI changed how you work or solve problems?

Definitely. It has become my "personal side kick". I see it as my "intern" lots of knowledge and little experience. It has certainly solved problems much quicker than I could ever do. Simply because it can read a 300 page document in seconds.

You certainly improve your touch typing skills as you type a heck of a lot with all the prompts.

What do you find most useful about AI?

It's comprehension. It's ability to summarise large documents. It is pretty good at coding, especially when asked to write software libraries.

What still feels frustrating, risky, or unclear?

AI reminds me of a hospital consultant. Once they make their mind up about something it is nearly impossible to get them to change their point of view.

AI makes mistakes, for sure, so treat it as fallible and all is well.

The worry is that we become beholden to it. It's like asking a senior manager to go and do the technicians work as they're ill. You'll struggle to get back into it.

Commercially it's going to get much more expensive.

Are there any AI tools or use cases you think are especially useful?

At the moment these AI tools are all token and very slow. I found an antenna selection tool the other day. It made part selection much easier and came up with a great option. But it was slow.

I much prefer the chatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini's to tools.

I am a heavy user of AI.

What do you mainly use AI for?

I use it both for work (have a paid subscription) and I use it for personal stuff too.

Has AI changed how you work or solve problems?

Definitely. It has become my "personal side kick". I see it as my "intern" lots of knowledge and little experience. It has certainly solved problems much quicker than I could ever do. Simply because it can read a 300 page document in seconds.

You certainly improve your touch typing skills as you type a heck of a lot with all the prompts.

What do you find most useful about AI?

It's comprehension. It's ability to summarise large documents. It is pretty good at coding, especially when asked to write software libraries.

What still feels frustrating, risky, or unclear?

AI reminds me of a hospital consultant. Once they make their mind up about something it is nearly impossible to get them to change their point of view.

AI makes mistakes, for sure, so treat it as fallible and all is well.

The worry is that we become beholden to it. It's like asking a senior manager to go and do the technicians work as they're ill. You'll struggle to get back into it.

Commercially it's going to get much more expensive.

Are there any AI tools or use cases you think are especially useful?

At the moment these AI tools are all token and very slow. I found an antenna selection tool the other day. It made part selection much easier and came up with a great option. But it was slow.

I much prefer the chatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini's to tools.

Thanks, this is a really useful perspective, especially from someone using AI heavily across both work and personal tasks.

Your point about becoming too dependent on it is interesting. It sounds like AI can speed things up massively, but there’s also a risk that people lose the habit of doing the deeper work themselves.

When you’re using AI for work, what makes you decide whether to trust the output enough to act on it?