Can ChatGPT Program Your CNC Machines?

It's worth keeping in mind that we're at the very infancy of this type of technology. If you'd asked a logistics expert if they would use heavier than air machines to deliver packages on December 20th, 1903, the answer would be absolutely not, they are unreliable, too slow and have absolutely no usable range. If you had asked them what they think the role of these machines would be 15 years down the road, it is unlikely they would answer "delivering mail", even though that first happened on May 15, 1918.

The fact that it can do anything AT ALL with gcode is amazing. We are just getting started.

I don’t think people fully comprehend how much of a game changer this is….this could be the next generation of Conversational controls.

Thank you, that was really helpful. Well explained.

I've been using it make basic macros in PowerMill to automate toolpath naming. The syntax chatgpt outputs is wrong but the logic is correct and I can use the overall instructions to write the program accurately. It's like a cheat sheet.

Nice video! I tried to write some basic Mastercam post modifications with it, but of course it didn’t know much about the language. With the paid API, I believe it could be possible to tech it enough about the subject. Would be a great learning tool although there are probably less than couple of hundred people writing them.

this is clearly revolutionary and there is great potential for it as it is for neural networks AI in general, I’ m just surprised it can understand so easily that it is asked to do and formulates an appropriate answer most of the time

now imagine if Fusion 360 / Mastercam implements a feature that uses this in a conversational style of programming. Mind blowing. This will make its way over to multi-axis machining.

You always have the best videos I'm always learning something new.

I've been thinking about whether it can be used in this field for weeks!

Use the power to type your work holding for a workpart. Visualyze the clamps positions less tim than it take to go get the right clamps in your hands.

I used it to generate g-code for 3d printing its awesome

It wrote me an awesome script for adobe illustrator. I laid out parameters and it took a little back and forth but its actually a semi complex script.

It's entirely possible someone develops an AI solely for CNC programming...feeding it information like metallurgy theory, manufacturer's tooling recommendations, existing CNC programs, and everything else a human learns throughout their career could yield a very powerful tool to be able to at the very least optimize CNC programs for specific situations/materials/machines/tooling...if it gets to the point where you can give it a solid model or a blueprint and it writes a program specifically for your machine using your preferred tooling, it could benefit the industry a LOT with optimizing tooling life, cycle times, part finishes, reducing scrap rates, etc...I think we're a long way from that, but it's a definite possibility if someone were to put the effort into focusing on that...

The comments prove denial ain't a river in Egypt.

This is fantastic! I'm wondering if the ai will globally learn from the corrections and suggestions you've made.

What makes AI so great is we no longer have to waste endless hours of our lives learning some proprietary process to do things. Whether gcode or python matters not. If you can explain what you want well then the AI can do all the minutia work for you. I just had chatGPT write a Python app and it turned out better than I could have done.

I'm a PhD student who explicitly studies using AI techniques for generating better toolpaths, but even I recognize I likely won't completely replace machinists from the workshop floor. Regardless of what the hype men tell at some startups, the tech just isn't there. Furthermore, my methods are VASTLY different from ChatGPT, as one cannot generate guarantees on correctness using ChatGPT.

The issue is not GPT being poorly trained in "gcode", the issue is GPT fundamentally isn't trained in a 3D space. I'm sure it will be soon, and then things will get wild.

there is now an extension in the chromstore called web chatgpt that allows chatgpt to search the internet ive noticed a massive increase in the accuracy of answers