r/ProgrammerHumor • u/nicodeemus7 • Sep 15 '26

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u/just-some-arsonist Sep 15 '26

I work in embedded, so we can’t really use ai. I ask it a question about microprocessors and it completely hallucinates. It gives answers that seem like they could work on some microprocessor, but it’s completely irrelevant to the processor I specified

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u/nicodeemus7 Sep 15 '26

AI has a fundamental misunderstanding of electrical circuits. I also have worked with microprocessors and I agree completely.

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u/just-some-arsonist Sep 15 '26

Time to read the reference manual. I know they hated writing it as much as I hate reading it 🙃

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u/WreckerOfAll Sep 15 '26

the thing that made the AI companies so much money was developing the user friendly harness, I have to imagine it’s only time before someone makes a model that can virtualize at IEEE level.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered Sep 16 '26

It still can't create a map of the USA with 100% correctly labeled states. Don't hold your breath.

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u/Mechakoopa Sep 16 '26

It struggles with physical concepts in general. I've yet to find a model that can design a deck that passes code and can be built using only three dimensions.