r/ChemicalEngineering • u/RevolutionaryAd8906 • Dec 09 '24

Software Chemical engineering + Ai

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I am a chemical engineer with experience in building web applications. I’m considering developing a custom Large Language Model (LLM) similar to ChatGPT, but specifically fine-tuned with chemical engineering references and additional data, such as a database of chemical reactions.

The goal is to create a tool that provides precise answers along with citations, including the reference title and chapter for better traceability.

As a chemical engineer, would you be interested in using a tool like this? If so, how much would you be willing to pay for a monthly subscription?

Edit: Many people said chatgpt already enough so as chemical engineer how do you think we can use llm models to improve our tasks?

Edit 2: So the next issue with the project will be data source and copyrights

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u/IllSprinkles7864 Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

Could be good, I find chatgpt to be useless at best with vague answers and at worst actively harmful by giving wrong answers.

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u/arteriosclerosis1 Dec 09 '24

This is so true! Chatgpt fucked up even the basic PV relationships.

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u/IllSprinkles7864 Dec 09 '24

My boss loves chat gpt and always wants me to use it. My favorite interaction thus far was:

Me: is a Coriolis meter compatible with hydrogen peroxide?

Chatgpt: a Coriolis meter can have issues when processing peroxide due to the presence of oxygen gas

Me: what type of mass flow meter should I use with hydrogen peroxide?

Chatgpt: a Coriolis meter is generally the best choice due to its high accuracy and ability to measure blah blah blah blah

I fucking hate ai lmao.

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u/arteriosclerosis1 Dec 09 '24

LMAOO. Same shit happened when I asked what kinda condenser I should use with a Dean-stark distillation setup. It kept going in loops as I questioned it’s choices.

It even makes up references. Just throws some names and puts an et al. at the end. Even gives a journal and year name 😭. Hella believable though

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u/Kowalski711 Dec 10 '24

You need to use gpt-4 There is already a ChE GPT on there you can use and it is veeeeeeery good.

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u/arteriosclerosis1 Dec 10 '24

Okay Will try, thanks!