I’ve tried using deepseek (first time I’ve ever used an LLM, so maybe I’m being dumb) to help me a little with designing some circuit because my reference book was leaving out a LOT of crucial information.
The results have been … subpar. The model seems to be making quite elementary mistakes, like leaving floating components with missing connections.
I’m honestly kinda disappointed. Maybe this is a weak area for it. I’ve probably had to tell deepseek more about designing the circuit in question than it has told me.
Edit: I realised I was just being dumb, since LLMs aren’t designed for this task.
You might have better luck asking this in a more electronics-centric channel
Does lemmy even have such a community? I’ve never seen anything like it.
But my post isn’t really about electronics (or maybe it can be). I’m not looking for advice on building circuits.
I’m just making an observation about DeepSeek’s capabilities. Maybe an AI focused channel would be better?
I suggested electronics communities because electrical circuit design is a rather niche topic, and I wouldn’t think that many people have tried using LLMs for circuit design. But maybe some people in electronics and electrical engineering communities may have tried it and will have some advice.
What sort of output are you asking for? Is the AI giving you an image, or some sort of SPICE config, or something else?
I’m not sure which Lemmy client you’re using, but I’m using Boost and doing a quick search I see the following communities :
I asked it for a SPICE model, but the model was generating diagrams with it as well to explain things. I didn’t really ask for these, but seeing the mistakes was interesting.
Yeah I’ll look at these communities. I’ve never seen that instance before.