2023 will be a year I’ll remember for a long time. Various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have entered our lives over the past few years, but none have made an impression on the collective consciousness as much as ChatGPT. Even my 93-year-old mother waffles on about it, for goodness’ sake.
It’s amazing to think ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, which is only one year ago as I pen these words. Since that time, different incarnations of this form of generative AI have popped up all over the place (search Google for “Chatsimple,” “GitHub Copilot,” and “Metabob,” for example).
I was recently talking with the folks at Flux.ai about their Flux CoPilot. This is an AI-powered PCB design tool that can read hundred-page data sheets in seconds, after which it automatically connects the components (microprocessors, sensors, displays…) in the schematic and in the layout in real time while you watch in awe.
I just got off a video call with a friend. We’ll call him Joe (because that’s his name). Joe told me how he was questioning ChatGPT about an error message he was receiving from his compiler. ChatGPT asked him to share the problem area in his code. When Joe did so, ChatGPT immediately responded with a description of what he was doing wrong and proffered a code snippet to fix the problem.
Now I can’t wait to see what 2024 will bring. As always, of course, all of us here at DENA will be here to help guide you on your way.