From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid
On 2/2/2026 12:11 PM, bitrex wrote:
> On 2/2/2026 6:38 AM, Don Y wrote:
>> Not sure I really believe that...
>>
>> > loss-by-2027-gartner-report/articleshow/125430751.cms>
>>
>> But, do imagine all of the "low hanging fruit" will disappear.
>> Which will likely include most entry level positions.
>>
>> I don't think folks have thought this through, completely. Entry
>> level jobs do more than bring folks up to speed on the technology
>> and their job rolls. But, also, how an organization works and
>> expectations that must be met (even those that aren't spelled
>> out in an employee handbook).
>
> Today's GPT experiment:
>
> "I would like a resistor divider made up of 5 resistors in series, grounded
at
> one end, and with some voltage going into the series string. Please devise
> constraints on the values to produce outputs at the taps where each output
> starting from the bottom, is approximately double the previous. Please find
1%
> standard tolerance values for a total string resistance of 100k, and format
the
> output in ASCII suitable for pasting into Usenet."
>
> Output:
>
> Resulting Tap Voltages (Vin = 1.0 normalized)
>
> +------+----------------------+------------------+----------------+
> | Tap | Cumulative R (kΩ)   | Voltage Fraction | Ratio to Prev |
> +------+----------------------+------------------+----------------+
> | V1Â Â | 6.34Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | 0.063Â Â Â Â
       |     —        |
> | V2Â Â | 12.68Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | 0.127Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
| 2.00 ×        |
> | V3Â Â | 25.38Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | 0.253Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
| 1.99 ×        |
> | V4Â Â | 50.28Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | 0.502Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
| 1.98 ×        |
> | V5  | 100.18              | ≈ 1.000        Â
| 1.99 ×        |
> +------+----------------------+------------------+----------------+
>
> I then verified it in LTSpice, fed the netlist back in and asked it to make
an
> ASCII schematic from the netlist. Output:
>
> Â Â Â Â Â Â +10 V
>          │
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R1 49.9k
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R2 24.9k
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R3 12.7k
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R4 6.34k
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â R5 6.34k
>          │
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GND
>
>
> Not too shabby for an unpaid intern!
We (EEs) already benefit from AI in the tools that we use.
We just don't think of them as AI, anymore (someone made that
observation about how AI loses it's magic when it becomes
commonplace).
We don't think anything of circuit simulation, autoplace/route,
DRCs/DFM, wizards that build websites just by dragging "controls"
onto a canvas, etc.
When your parts orders are triggered by an agent monitoring your
stock consumption and orders in the pipeline, it just "seems
obvious" -- why do we need a purchasing agent who has to be
manually prodded?
When your warehouse staff are *told* where to place some
item that was just received -- based on where there is
available space -- and that "automatically" remembered
by the inventory system, we think THAT is obvious, as well.
[I watched a guy operating a forklift in a furniture warehouse
and inquired as to why he was NOT putting a bunch of table lamps
with another bunch that were obvious, located in front of me:
"The computer told me to put it over THERE, instead." Why should
he have to think about the "best" place to put those items?
What if there was only space for 3 of them in the location I
had indicated and now he would have to find a spot for the
others? Why should he have to make that decision -- with only
partial information about the contents of the warehouse and
its sales history?]
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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