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Are you using AI?

Alanta Lee

Hi everyone,

This is the first time i've ventured out of my 'Research Opportunities' area so, hello Wave

I'm curious to hear how people in the element14 community are using AI tools in everyday life, whether that’s at work, at home, while learning, or just experimenting.

A few prompts to get things going:

  • What do you mainly use AI for?
  • Has AI changed how you work or solve problems?
  • What do you find most useful about AI?
  • What still feels frustrating, risky, or unclear?
  • Are there any AI tools or use cases you think are especially useful?

Feel free to answer one question or all of them!

Thanks!

 

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  • Yes, sometimes I use AI tool for coding.

    For example, I am using Microsoft bing search engine. For that, If I need a code sample for something, than I paste that query in the search engine and I get the response. That is quite useful. 

    But there frustrating part as well. The code is sometimes not compatible with our development environment. The code is very generic or specific. 

    Another thing is VSCode extension also has AI to write the code, That can give us some hints but not always a true. 

    In PCB designing there are some tools that are useful but I have not used it so far. 

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  • Yes, sometimes I use AI tool for coding.

    For example, I am using Microsoft bing search engine. For that, If I need a code sample for something, than I paste that query in the search engine and I get the response. That is quite useful. 

    But there frustrating part as well. The code is sometimes not compatible with our development environment. The code is very generic or specific. 

    Another thing is VSCode extension also has AI to write the code, That can give us some hints but not always a true. 

    In PCB designing there are some tools that are useful but I have not used it so far. 

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  • in reply to embeddedguy

    Thanks, that’s really useful. It sounds like AI can be a helpful starting point for coding, especially when you need a quick example or hint, but the output still needs quite a bit of checking against your actual development environment.

    The point about it being either too generic or too specific is interesting too, that seems like one of the bigger frustrations with AI generated code.

    When you get a code sample from Bing or a VSCode AI extension, how often does it save you time overall once you’ve checked and adapted it?