u/die__katze

Your opinion - AI in critical applications

Industrial AI now being used a lot for PLC programming, even in safety and critical applications.

Do you consider it safe? Would you buy an assembly robot which you know has the 100% AI-generated software?

My experience with the AI code in PLCs is that it does the thing it is asked for, but the coding practices are at the very beginner level, I would never approve such code from a human to be even close to a production environment. This really reminds me of the famous case of Therac radiology machine, when many people were hurt because of the poor software quality.

Another issue is that all the AI code is written in the Structured Text language, when me personally, I prefer CFC for simpler or high-level cases, as it is the way I've been taught engineering.

In contrast, I find AI useful for learning and documenting, but only as a supporting feature.

Please, share your perspective!

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u/die__katze — 5 days ago