Reasonable expectations with GenAI
It is true that GenAI is changing the landscape, especially for entry-level software developers and, by extension, entry-level PLC programmers. It is arguable that the true benefits of GenAI have been vastly blown out of proportion. This book utilized ChatGPT to generate some basic example code, mainly with sorting, and the results were marginal at best. The code worked, and it did look like a fairly experienced programmer wrote it in terms of structure and efficiency, but it did take some know-how to implement it. When it comes to GenAI, we first need to look at what not to expect.
What not to expect with GenAI
As touched upon before, all you potential hiring managers looking to replace your dev team with ChatGPT are going to be disappointed. ChatGPT and other similar systems are not suitable replacements for human programmers. The jury is also still out as to whether the GenAI systems that are designed to program are going to be able to replace...
