ChatGPT is all the buzz these days with a stream of articles, and worst of all, unending streams of LinkedIn posts. This talk covers my explorations using ChatGPT for embedded systems use-cases, from simple snippets and questions, to a reasonably complex design on a MCU. This talk will uncover the nature of ChatGPT as we put it through its paces to try and answer the question “Are embedded engineers replaceable with AI?”.

The answer(spoiler: No), while unsurprising, leads to some very interesting thought experiments on what the future of this field looks like as we head into a new world of AI-assisted design and learning.