Is AI going to kill Hifi?

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.

55 years ago Hollywood got it right.  And yes this movie no doubt inspired James Cameron to create The Terminator franchise.  The Machines will kill us all.  Eventually.  Don’t fight it...just go with it.  Have a nice day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOEwiQhzMI

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2823631

tony1954

 "AI isn’t the end of civilization. Unscrupulous people using AI is the end of civilization." 

 At no point throughout the History of Humankind,  then, now or going forward, has there ever been a shortage of ’unscrupulous people’.

And now, they'll have the free and increasingly available assistance of ’AI’ unscrupulousness to pad the numbers.

@gents

What we have observed over the past 15 years when it comes to searches and queries is that one's interaction on the internet is recorded. There have been a plethora of unscrupulous folks who have unwittingly asked their computers questions that lead to their arrest and conviction.

Ask A.I. how long your queries are saved and this is the response I got:

When you ask a question to an AI, the interaction may be recorded and stored for varying durations, depending on the specific AI system and its data retention policies

Basically, I take this as "we will do whatever we like with your data". It is why I left social media (Disclaimer: I am still on this site ;) as everything you say on those sites is there forever. For those that have been in the business of technology, you know that everything on the internet is recorded and there is no law that makes that illegal. 

So go ahead, query A.I. to find the right poison (eye drops?) or just ask A.I. to create your manifesto to end the world. 

I could take it a step further - minority report anyone? - and figure that A.I. just may be the perfect place to find unsavory folks who are leaning into darkness. Queries can be misconstrued, but if there are a number of troubling queries made by someone who is known to be either a felon, demented, or on medication, you may have to explain yourself to the authorities.

Make sure your documents are in order.