AI Messed Up

I use AI a lot in both electronic design and coding and it mostly provides very good assistance. But, it sometimes messes up completely. This is something you must be aware of.

I started by selecting KSZ8863 as a 3-port Ethernet switch. Talking to AI I ended up with a more modern 1000Mbit version, but after a discussion I reverted to a 100Mbit version and tried LAN9354. I noticed that KiCAD symbols was difficult to find so managed to get AI to code one for me and so far so good – except that the symbols I got was first for a RJ45 and secondly for a different chip – utterly waste of time. I wasted far more time trying to get AI to do the job than it took me manually.

And then I cleared the thread and asked for the most used and reliable option and ended back with KZS8863 – AI admitted it had very little source on LAN9354 so it was less reliable.

The AI’s are getting better, but you need to remember that they are a mirror of what is available on the net and can only precent info available – and they currently mess up on regular basis. I will still recommend using them to speed things up asking them to provide information, but you need to use your own head to double-check and make decitions. This is not the first time I waste time with an AI. A good practice is to start new, blank threads and ask similar questions – you might get different answers simply because it is different solutions and if it start messing up you need to investigate it’s sources.

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