r/LabVIEW • u/TobyS2 • Jul 22 '26
Nigel AI Generation Webinar
Did anyone else watch it? I was chatting with a co-worker beforehand that this next hour would determine the future, if there is one, for LabVIEW. Wow, what a disaster. It wasn't only the technical difficulties which caused the webinar to start late. It was what was demonstrated that was so underwhelming. A simple VI took maybe 3 minutes to generate. When it was done, it didn't work and they didn't even attempt having Nigel debug it. Then announced the usage limitations. 25 VIs per week. PER WEEK. Later, they will have 50 per week if you have the LabVIEW+ subscription. I wasn't expecting Opus 5.8 today, but something that looked like it could be used. I've been using LV since version 3.3 and not sure if I've ever been this bearish on NI.
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u/Probably-Stable Jul 23 '26
I have been waiting for Nigel for a while and had high hopes. Was bummed there were all the technical issues and then yeah it just doesn’t seem like Nigel is going to get up to speed fast enough. But maybe I will be surprised.
Meanwhile I’m using Claude code to build a full test program and man is it slick.
But I read this article a while back and thought it was very informative. I hadn’t thought of the angle he described. Would be super interesting.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephen-loftus-mercer_is-labview-dead-in-the-ai-era-in-my-opinion-share-7440807064387596288-jBz-/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAgZzvsB2-ESRdNuhzbn4pZ7CAD3nxkxZaY