Using AI for load development

[Mr6.5]

My friends I thought I would share a FREE tool I have been using to help gather load data. While I do not recommend it as your ONLY source it is helpful in working up loads. ChatGTP is in my opinion amazing at helping me figure out all the uncommon loading I do. While I have and use Quick Load I find the AI ChatGPT offers very informative. I will include an example of how I use it -

CHATGPT: Please provide a load card for 22 Creedmoor using Staball 6.5 powder, Federal GM210m primers and the Federal 62gr Trophy Bonded bear claw bullet. My rifle has a 26 inch barrel and a 1:7 twist. Please include wind drift and energy tables.

I have attached the results below --

If nothing else it is fun to play around with, for me it is very useful as I build a lot of uncommon loads. You can literally change ANY variable you can think of, charge increments, bullets, etc....

NOTE: If you do not put in specific data for example POWDER it will make recommendations! This works for pretty much every factor\variable from primers to twist rates. I included a GENERIC 40gr load request that had very little input data from me, so you can see what it responded with as an attachment.

You can find data for loads that are not anywhere else to be found! Advanced features like PDF file creating will sometimes require a paid account. I also added a Load Card Image it created for 300 RUM below.

 

[jmad_81]

I find the AI stuff absolutely fascinating, and borderline scary. But, please be careful as I have a few experiences where it has made up information. I'm a farmer for a living and parts of our farm are regulated by the state Department of Enviromental Quality that restricts fertility applications. I was trying to make a point on how easy it was to figure out an appropriate fertility recommendation and asked CHATGPT what an appropriate nitrogen rate would be for growing a canola crop with a target yield of 5,000 lbs per acre. It came back with a recommendation of roughly 4,600 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. The correct answer should have been between 300 and 375 lbs of plant available nitrogen per acre. I would hate for someone to take an AI generated cartridge recipe at face value and not dig deeper into it and put an unsafe charge into a case.

 

[Mr6.5]

I find the AI stuff absolutely fascinating, and borderline scary. But, please be careful as I have a few experiences where it has made up information. I'm a farmer for a living and parts of our farm are regulated by the state Department of Enviromental Quality that restricts fertility applications. I was trying to make a point on how easy it was to figure out an appropriate fertility recommendation and asked CHATGPT what an appropriate nitrogen rate would be for growing a canola crop with a target yield of 5,000 lbs per acre. It came back with a recommendation of roughly 4,600 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. The correct answer should have been between 300 and 375 lbs of plant available nitrogen per acre. I would hate for someone to take an AI generated cartridge recipe at face value and not dig deeper into it and put an unsafe charge into a case.

CORRECT!
I DO NOT recommend it as a sole source of reloading data! It is a tool to experiment with, the simpler you keep the questions the better the answers seem to be but it is not to be used exclusively for reloading data, just a reference.

 

[flyingagg]

Back in the 1990's we used to call it Neural Networks. It would take weeks and months to train a network and then start using it for predictions. In the 2000's, still called Neural Networks, several variations, and with more computing power, it would take hours to train and run predictions/simulations. Now, with the super computers, and so much data available, its almos instant. But, whether using Reloading Manuals, QL, GRT, AI or any other form, safety requirements do not change. Always compare data from more than one source, Always start low and work up.

 

[JD338]

I find the AI stuff absolutely fascinating, and borderline scary. But, please be careful as I have a few experiences where it has made up information. I'm a farmer for a living and parts of our farm are regulated by the state Department of Enviromental Quality that restricts fertility applications. I was trying to make a point on how easy it was to figure out an appropriate fertility recommendation and asked CHATGPT what an appropriate nitrogen rate would be for growing a canola crop with a target yield of 5,000 lbs per acre. It came back with a recommendation of roughly 4,600 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. The correct answer should have been between 300 and 375 lbs of plant available nitrogen per acre. I would hate for someone to take an AI generated cartridge recipe at face value and not dig deeper into it and put an unsafe charge into a case.

I agree with you Jake. Trust but verify.

JD338

 

[Joec7651]

AI is no more good or bad than the algorithm employed by the designers. Sub-par designers put out ineffective applications. It takes in information from the user, makes a decision based on the algorithm written in the code, it then spits out the response arrived at by the designers code. Garbage in, garbage out. I would only use AI applications released by companies and designers that can afford to pay competent professionals that understand what the output should be.