ChatGPT for design, manufacturing, and education

The manufacturing industry involves innumerable complex tasks that require significant knowledge and experience to execute. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, particularly with the emergence of powerful large language models such as ChatGPT, new opportunities have risen to provide knowledge through conversation. With its seemingly endless knowledge base and highly organized response style, ChatGPT is expected to revolutionize every aspect of the industry. However, the extent of ChatGPT's capabilities and how they could contribute to the industry's future revolution remains unclear. In light of this, this paper performed a systematic testing of ChatGPT to uncover its advantages and limitations. Based on the testing results, the authors provided some prospects and critical research questions of ChatGPT from a manufacturing perspective. Furthermore, the authors recommended a technology development roadmap to successfully integrate ChatGPT into the manufacturing industry.