I somehow missed the Claude 1 discussion but I've recently been using AI for audio questions with great success. I always assign the AI a certain expertise and make it recheck facts and sources. Sometimes it's like a lazy child you have to encourage and sometimes like a friend interested in the same topic. I agree it's often more accurate and satisfying than a rambling forum post full of uninformed nonsense.
Claude #2
I had Tammy pull down Claude #1.
Claude #1 was meant to be the start of a systematic discussion of my philosophical approach to audio, the components in my system, some of which go back 45 years and are 68 years old (recycling/refurbishing what works), how everything works synergistically in the hopes that would elicit observations on the same and shares from others about the templates they used in approaching the construction of their systems. I was going to have continued the discussion over the course of a dozen posts on discrete topics within the framework. Information that some of you might have found useful. I was looking forward to this.
Instead, some of you hijacked that first post for personal Luddite-like rants about the evils of AI. AI is the very tool I used over the last week to answer questions I have not been able to get answered in those 45 years in even a quarter of the detail and/or leads that AI provided.
So, we end with Claude 2 instead of 12.
This was so absurd and at the age of 70, I just don’t have the time for this nonsense. So, I am done with audiogon. I’m sure that makes some of you happy: the conversation sandbox is returned to your preferred configuration, whatever that may be.
I will instead post my thoughts at theaudioatticvinylsundays.com. Eventually. I am starting a substack and that has my priority right now.
I will miss some of you, who are thoughtful, intelligent and kind. You know who you are.
adios.