ChatGPT is often a quicker way to get an answer to a question than for
example, doing a search on Google. But that's because ChatGPT can
simply pull stuff out of its database for the answer and come up with a
reasonable aggregate response. A question on history, or asking for
what something means, or a description of something is a great use of it.
ChatGPT is far less reliable for solving problems, although it often
gives surprisingly close answers. If you simply take a ChatGPT reply to
a problem at face value you will often be misled.
I have on a few occasions asked it to write a simple bit of software
code and the responses I got were clearly wrong each time ... typically
not be very much but still wrong. However, if you know that the
response is wrong you can tell it so and it will come back with a better
answer. My son and a friend once asked it to write a more complex
section of code and it finally got it right after three attempts, but at
this stage of ChatGPT's development if you probably need to be smarter
on the subject than it is.
I once asked it a simple circuit design question and it got it wrong. I
would never base an antenna design or tower design on ChatGPT.
I don't have access to the latest paid version, so I'm only talking
about the one that is freely available.
It is also possible to massively confuse ChatGPT. I have asked it on
three different occasions "how many dimes are there in a nickel" and
gotten three different responses ... the weirdest being a full paragraph
explaining why the answer was "ten".
I am totally NOT trying to demean ChatGPT or AI in general. This stuff
is amazing already and I use it quite often. It is quickly going to get
a LOT better and before long I have no doubt it will do what you want,
but at this point it is far from being infallible.
73,
Dave AB7E
p.s. I just asked it for the dimensions of a 2 element Yagi antenna
for 7.050 megahertz and got this response:
The dimensions of a 2-element Yagi antenna for a specific frequency
depend on several factors, including the desired gain, impedance, and
beamwidth. However, I can provide you with some approximate dimensions
for a 2-element Yagi antenna designed for 7.050 MHz (40 meters) using
the following specifications:
* Boom Length: 11.8 feet (3.6 meters)
* Element Diameter: 0.5 inch (1.27 cm)
* Element Spacing: 0.2 wavelength (approx. 9.5 feet or 2.9 meters)
* Reflector Length: 20.3 feet (6.2 meters)
* Driven Element Length: 19.3 feet (5.9 meters)
* Gain: 6 dBi
On 4/5/2023 12:53 PM, John Webster NN1SS wrote:
Is anyone here using ChatGPT in the context of amateur radio? Potential use
cases would be design of antennas and tower installations, software code
generation, problem solving, etc. If so, what do you do with it?
73
John
NN1SS
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