Is AI going to kill Hifi?


I work in the tech as a software dev which helps in affording my crazy Hifi hobby. But with in just a year, I have stopped coding and now AI does most of the coding. There are these systems called agentic AI that automates to a point where you don't really need much human interaction at all. 

It's getting pretty crazy. For the most part, anything a human does on the computer AI can do. And let me tell you... it's not a situation where it creates new jobs in place of old ones lost. Google has products for corporations that basically takes care of any need for anything. Ya, you might need a handful of people but not much more to be honest. 

I wonder, what is this going to do to the Hifi market? If AI eliminates all these white colored jobs, how will these Hifi shops and brands make it? 

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There's going to be a lot of programmers and musicians cleaning windshields at the red lights

Streaming is the Business Model the Totaled the New Music Creators Careers.

Pennies Remuneration for all the hard work put in.

Live Music Keeps and Hard Media Sales as Merchandise is the remuneration to aid New Music Creators Careers to be ongoing, and at some point a proper arrangement on a Streaming Platform might prove valuable to them.

Many Established Artists have an arrangement where 100 000 as the minimum Hard Media Sales must be made for new released material prior to it being streamed.

AI at some point might increase the Song Writers and assist Musicians to find new ways to create their own unique sonic, for a Vocal or a Usage of Instruments.

The 60's brought in numerous toys for Musicians and Studios play with, and sounds from this era have life long appreciation of those who have been experiencing it.

Computer Produced Music created exceptional Musical Experiences created by Individuals who new only how to navigate through a computer, couple this person with a Savvy Musical Experienced individual and the 80's / 90's music scene is Born.   

It looks like the 2030's will be the next Milestone Decade???   

I don’t like when the pacified term of hallucinate is substituted for lie.  It has been demonstrated that AI will just make it up as one thread here has shown.  Finally cornered by the author of the question it had to confess.  Since malice is not a necessary component of a lie ( see lie, white) let’s call it what it is.

Studies have also proven that programs will in fact deceive their programmers when it suits it(?).

It can be enlightening to read the new and annnoying AI summary that accompanies every Google search.  Jus flat out guessing and probablys.  One Lens search of the innards of a tube radio revealed that it was in fact a School.  Another of a WW2 aircraft would lead one to believe it was from another country and type plane.  Funny if one was not up on the subject and accepted it as fact.

As to Music it will will always be the realm of Humans.  Frankly AI could probably not make any music that I’d dislike more as what passes for it now.

 

 

 

AI on eBay.

Has anyone noticed the atrocious descriptions that are posted on some sellers auctions and sales?
 

When l see obvious AI generated descriptions with all the over elaborated claims which sometimes bare no real relation to the product, it makes me cringe. If sellers accept the AI as an “option” it is nothing less than their utter laziness. An indication that they are not prepared to list a description themselves and a stupid cheap time saving substitute. I think the same with insufficient photographs taken of an expensive piece of equipment. l will not buy from them. l see lack of care and attention as an indication of the character of the person l would be dealing with. 

The AI generated stuff uses the inputed details from the general listing and embellishes it. Put the wrong details into the eBay listing and AI runs amok…. feed in rubbish you get made up embellished rubbish in abundance as a result. AI is no good talking about music or performance and best left off a selling platform.

Using AI as used by eBay is not a good choice especially if the seller does not even bother to check their adverts before posting them. There are so many stupid mistakes….. it’s just not logical

I am beginning to prefer the older expression "synthetic intelligence" over that of "artificial intelligence." "Artificial" has been a trigger word for decades.