AI is just copying and pasting

[RGV250]

Hi,
I was looking for something on microchip site and AI popped up with this.
https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/sw500041-dl

PICBASIC Pro PBP is the industry standard BASIC programming language for Microchips PIC® microcontrollers. No other BASIC compiler for PIC MCUs boasts the 15-year success in both commercial and non-commercial environments. Version 3 is a major evolution of this popular product, making it even more capable, stable, and reliable. All the years of development culminate here, with many new capabilities and improvements. Come see why thousands of engineers, educators and hobbyists have depended on PBP for more than a decade.

I am pretty sure this is what ME Labs are paying Microchip to say.

It does not work with PIC24, there have not been any developments in the last 4 years. It does not have procedure etc and Les is constantly improving Positron so not sure why Microchip are promoting this instead of Positron.

Regards,
Bob 


 

[John Drew]

G'day Bob,
It all depends on the question.
I typed in "is positron compiler a good choice for PIC" and it came up with a positive answer.

I've noticed AI often gives an answer that is very dependent on key words.

You and all the users here know that Positron BASIC is tops for many reasons, however to get Microchip to see that is just about impossible.

I remember many years ago Les tried to get the support of Microchip but the only outcome I can remember was there insistence on the use of a copyright indication when using PIC.
Best wishes from Oz
John

[top204]

Crickey John... You've got a bloody good memory. :-)

About 20 years ago, that is exactly what happened, and then, a few years later, they also took my idea for the Amicus18 board, after I had gone to a meeting with an ignorant microchip top manager of some sort, to show them it, and its concept (which was the first to use a PIC device). Talk about ignorant! He could not even be bothered to talk, and got his 'yes men' to do it. Then, all of a sudden, 'they' had an arduino style dev board using a PIC18F device all of their own!

It didn't really  matter anyway, because "he" at cr#*n@#ll screwed that board up after all the work I did for it in my own time, at home, and I did not get a single penny for the months of work I did on its design, and documentation and examples etc.. 1000 of them were made, but there was no publicity, or advertising etc, and no second run was made, and not a penny came my way, so I abandoned it, because I was working the support for it, and updates etc, as well as my standard work tasks, but all for "nothing"!. Over the years, I realised you cannot argue with a person who is "always right", and "always knows what to do", even when they do not actually have a clue!

However, I realised a bit too late, and I had 15 years of constant work day and night, and coming up with concepts and acting as an electronics and software consultant, designer, and builder. All for £25K a year! I cannot believe I was that stupid, and it actually took a near fatal brain hemorage to realise how stupid I have been for most of my working life!

You are correct Bob.

What I have found of AI is 'masked' copy and paste most of the time. It has its moments, but most of the time, when technical issues are asked, it just makes things up and scours the internet and collects rubbish together,that looks correct. A bit like a human that is "always right". So I tend to keep away from it, because incorrect information is much worse than no information, and it is much better finding out one's self, and acknowledging when one's self is wrong.

It is, sometimes, good for getting some information, or ideas and pseudo codes etc, but you can never actually trust it! Then when it is pointed out that it is wrong, it makes up some excuse, and the next items it brings out, are still wrong, with the same mistakes, but in different places!

Regards
Les

[Frizie]

You're absolutely right, Les.
I recognize that in my environment as well