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396: A Little Chicken Puncture

Making It · 28 Apr 2023 · 1h 06m

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss the necessity of taking breaks from creative work to avoid burnout and maintain quality. The hosts share personal anecdotes, including Jimmy's stone carving project, Bob's chicken puncture injury, and David's experience using AI to generate Arduino code for a trade show booth. They reflect on the unsustainable pace of maker media, the pressure to constantly produce 'video-worthy' content, and the importance of stepping back to appreciate their work and family.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

Engineering & simulationChatGPTsaved at least 3 hours

Jimmy Diresta used an AI coding tool to generate an Arduino sketch for a trade show booth display, which saved him approximately 3 hours of manual coding time by providing a correct starting point for cycling actions via a button press.

“I finally pulled this thing up. And the prompt I gave it was like, I need an Arduino sketch that has one button, and when you press that button, it cycles through 4 different actions … And it just dumped out all the code for it. And I verified it and it was right.”

Speaker 1 · Hear it at 14:24

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Maker Central
Chips
Arduino
Tools
Fusion 360, ChatGPT, Midjourney
Also
Legal Eagle, Anand Varma, The Queue

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