Sailing with AI

As Pete and Jen sail around the UK, they’re exploring how AI can enhance life at sea.

Using the free versions of AI Chatbots, they’ll compare digital insights with real-world experience. Below are their AI related blog posts so far:

Passage Planning

This blog examines whether an AI chatbot can plan a passage around the UK. Jen puts Grok and Chat GPT to the test.

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Sailing with a custom built AI assistant

Whilst discussing sailing options with Chat GPT, it asked if it could build a custom GPT-based sailing assistant for the trip. Jen couldn't say no...

Using AI to identify Wildlife

Jen asked Chat GPT to identify the dolphins in a photo. The response was mindblowing - AI recognised a killer whale and explained what to do next.

Chat GPT gets The Menai Straight timings wrong

AI is only as good as the internet sources it is checking. This blog post shows how both useful and dangerous internet sourced information can be.

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Can AI help navigate through the Needles Channel?

Jen gets the Chatbots out again so see how they cope planning a trip from Weymouth to Lymington through the Needles Channel. Click above to find out what happened.

Can AI help identify engine problems?

Jen puts AI to the test by uploading the Volvo Penta manual to a chat-bot and asking for a diagnosis.