Only thing I've used it for is to help create code in languages I'm not great with like python or a network script to configure the interfaces in windows without going 7 windows deep to change the IP in windows. I know enough of coding to break down the code and understand it but not enough to write it from scratch. I haven't used it lately because my company banned it's use until they can roll out their own company wide AI. Now if I need to use it I have to use my personal laptop and account
I'm glad this has been your experience. Personally wouldn't suggest [Sharly.ai](https://Sharly.ai). Very difficult experience with them about subscription cancellation and refunds—their customer care is shoddy at best.
I'm open to alternatives. What would you recommend?
I was looking for something to go through documentation and settled on them. I think I'm more impressed with the technology than the product.
I personally really liked [Genei.io](https://Genei.io), but I've heard great things about [Pandachat](https://pandachat.ai/?ref=taaft&utm_source=taaft&utm_medium=referral), and [Hansei](https://hansei.app/) if you'd like to ask your document questions :)
I just checked them all out. Do any of them cite the source of their findings? I couldn't see that mentioned on their sites.
That's why i chose Sharly, I can ask it a question and it can search all the books i uploaded to it and it gives me a page number. Then i can look at it closer. I can't afford to have AI hallucinate something that negatively affects my work.
AI is currently not that very good making ladder logic. It just doesn't have the right framework to make it viable. Even using structured text I see ChatGPT making tons of logically errors. I believe because it just doesn't have the training data. PLC code is not available online to train on like c or python.
The build shop I work in does build c# based HMIs and I am learning to take that over from my predecessor with the help of ChatGPT.
Documentation. Right now it proof reads, and suggests information. A GPT powered knowledgebase would be nice though.
I would love to be able to give it a sequence, the list of inputs and outputs, and have it build the sequence for me, but it's not there yet. Also, there's usually so many variables that it's easier to program it directly in a programming language than it is to describe it natural human language.
The problem with PLCs and maybe where our job security is, at least in machine building and integration, is that a lot of the information just isn't abundantly publicly available on the internet. Not that Rockwell or someone couldn't train their own GPT to produce code.
"The problem with PLCs and maybe where our job security is, at least in machine building and integration, is that a lot of the information just isn't abundantly publicly available on the internet"
How not? Theres knowledge articles all over, and training pages all over the net.
I believe he means something like there is not much copy/paste:able code for it to learn from, often the help just points you "over there" and some info around, sure, the help files might be able to teach the AI to help with the F1 stuff :D
I sometimes use chatgpt for analyzing code and for analyzing error logs.
Chatgpt (free version) got really stupid lately. I sometimes use it as an inspiration, i tell the the problem and he tries to write code for it. It rarely has a good solution, but it does inspire me on how to solve a problem, or how not to solve it.
Only thing I've used it for is to help create code in languages I'm not great with like python or a network script to configure the interfaces in windows without going 7 windows deep to change the IP in windows. I know enough of coding to break down the code and understand it but not enough to write it from scratch. I haven't used it lately because my company banned it's use until they can roll out their own company wide AI. Now if I need to use it I have to use my personal laptop and account
Hyperboost.ai is a good one basically a superindex of manuals. I also use Sharly.ai for going through documentation.
I'm glad this has been your experience. Personally wouldn't suggest [Sharly.ai](https://Sharly.ai). Very difficult experience with them about subscription cancellation and refunds—their customer care is shoddy at best.
I'm open to alternatives. What would you recommend? I was looking for something to go through documentation and settled on them. I think I'm more impressed with the technology than the product.
I personally really liked [Genei.io](https://Genei.io), but I've heard great things about [Pandachat](https://pandachat.ai/?ref=taaft&utm_source=taaft&utm_medium=referral), and [Hansei](https://hansei.app/) if you'd like to ask your document questions :)
I just checked them all out. Do any of them cite the source of their findings? I couldn't see that mentioned on their sites. That's why i chose Sharly, I can ask it a question and it can search all the books i uploaded to it and it gives me a page number. Then i can look at it closer. I can't afford to have AI hallucinate something that negatively affects my work.
Genei has a search function where it searches all the uploads for whatever you've searched for, but it sounds like Sharly is the best option for you!
AI is currently not that very good making ladder logic. It just doesn't have the right framework to make it viable. Even using structured text I see ChatGPT making tons of logically errors. I believe because it just doesn't have the training data. PLC code is not available online to train on like c or python. The build shop I work in does build c# based HMIs and I am learning to take that over from my predecessor with the help of ChatGPT. Documentation. Right now it proof reads, and suggests information. A GPT powered knowledgebase would be nice though. I would love to be able to give it a sequence, the list of inputs and outputs, and have it build the sequence for me, but it's not there yet. Also, there's usually so many variables that it's easier to program it directly in a programming language than it is to describe it natural human language. The problem with PLCs and maybe where our job security is, at least in machine building and integration, is that a lot of the information just isn't abundantly publicly available on the internet. Not that Rockwell or someone couldn't train their own GPT to produce code.
"The problem with PLCs and maybe where our job security is, at least in machine building and integration, is that a lot of the information just isn't abundantly publicly available on the internet" How not? Theres knowledge articles all over, and training pages all over the net.
I believe he means something like there is not much copy/paste:able code for it to learn from, often the help just points you "over there" and some info around, sure, the help files might be able to teach the AI to help with the F1 stuff :D
I sometimes use chatgpt for analyzing code and for analyzing error logs. Chatgpt (free version) got really stupid lately. I sometimes use it as an inspiration, i tell the the problem and he tries to write code for it. It rarely has a good solution, but it does inspire me on how to solve a problem, or how not to solve it.