r/ECE • • Sep 19 '26 Diamonds are Forever Bravo

Claude is ruining the world

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I studied computer and electronic engineering, I am currently learning PCB design, and I recently joined a startup (which, for better or worse, is very well-funded). They hired me as an engineer, but since the company is in its early stages, there isn't a clear corporate structure yet, and everyone tries to do a bit of everything to help out.
However, I've noticed that—while it's understandable they don't have a background in electronics or computer science—they genuinely think they know what they are talking about just because they have Claude open on their laptops, ready to back up their nonsensical arguments. (Yesterday, the CTO, who supposedly has 20 years of experience in IT, asked me what SSH is and why we use the network instead of Bluetooth... has this guy ever even used a computer?). It is unbearable. They ignore my advice and force me to execute tasks that make absolutely no logical sense, simply because "Claude said so."
How can I make them understand that Claude doesn't actually reason like a human, but merely follows the conversation thread and generates text based on probability? Obviously, I can't say it to them exactly like that, but I honestly just want to scream at them to stop relying on Claude and start using their own brains.
P.S. For the record, I use Claude and several other AIs myself. They are incredibly powerful tools, and anyone who denies that is wearing blinders. However, I strongly believe that the critical thinking must originate from the human. You need to know how to guide the AI, not let it guide you—otherwise, it just outputs garbage.


r/ECE • • Feb 02 '26

SHITPOST Agree

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r/ECE • • Aug 31 '21

Basic overview of the first three days of ECE-150 in case you missed it.

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r/ECE • • Jun 20 '21

Digital pins go brrrr..

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r/ECE • • Oct 18 '20

gear No need to pay for birth control anymore

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r/ECE • • Nov 25 '25

State Of The Job Market 2025

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r/ECE • • Oct 15 '20

Old, but Classic

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r/ECE • • Feb 19 '25

vintage My EMF textbook vs my dad’s

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I didn’t realize until after I passed the class that the required textbook was just a later edition of the one my dad used in the 1980s, and that my dad had the author as his EM fields professor. Just thought it was cool.


r/ECE • • Apr 28 '25

That's true 🤐

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r/ECE • • Oct 12 '25

TIL I learned about the LER (Light Emitting Resistor)

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r/ECE • • Dec 01 '24 Take My Silver Heart of Silver

CRUMB 1.3 now on STEAM

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V1.3 brings a huge gain in performance and scale 😄 making it possible to build circuits like an 8bit CPU


r/ECE • • Apr 02 '19

Had to use the NAND's room

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r/ECE • • May 24 '20

Analong IC designer home office / studio

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r/ECE • • Jul 31 '19

Quick guide to Arduino Uno.

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r/ECE • • Apr 16 '20

I feel this

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r/ECE • • Dec 28 '21

Part selection when you're working on a low-volume project

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r/ECE • • Mar 30 '20

Coronaholiday summed up

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r/ECE • • Oct 16 '20

If Kirchoff’s current law states that the net current leaving and entering a node equals zero, then what does Kirchoff’s previous law say?

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r/ECE • • Jun 17 '21

shitpost EEs who moved to project management be like

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r/ECE • • Feb 15 '24

Professor said students 30 years ago were just better

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My professor made a claim today that students 30 years ago were just more top notch. They couldn’t just look anything up at a moments notice and because of this they were forced to internalize things. Is this true? I would be curious in looking at exams and projects from 30 years ago and how they compare to today? Does anyone have any anecdotal evidence to support one way or another?


r/ECE • • Sep 24 '26

CT scans of a Flock camera

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r/ECE • • May 05 '21

project Just finished up my graduation cap!

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r/ECE • • Oct 31 '19

Agree?

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r/ECE • • Mar 28 '21

project I made cool gold plated Electrical Engineering Reference Cards for people who like electronics, including 100+ common component footprints, 100+ schematic symbols, pcb design help, laws & theory, component value charts and more!!

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