After a friend repeatedly encouraged me to try ChatGPT, I thought the deep end of audio might be where it has little to work with... I have searched mightily for "best tube" recommendations for my 300B amp with new release WE power tubes. I also have 12au7 input and 12bh7 plate drivers and a 5u4g rectifier. Based on Dealer's recommendations I had changed input and rectifier from the stock EH to some other options... So I laid out the situation for Chat and it came back with 2 inputs, 3 plate drivers, and 2 rectifiers, then it asked for more details.
I described the system... speakers, vinyl front end, and streamer/dac. Chat narrowed each recommendation to a specific tube mfg and date range.... it also pointed out where they could be obtained from the internet along with confidence level in seller (only recommended "reliable" sources for what they advertise). Even asked if I needed help ordering some tubes...
Intrigued to say the least, I acquired the recommended tubes (Telefunken 12au7, Sylvania 12bh7, and RCA 5u4g) and began to be amazed as I carefully rolled in the "new" tubes. Chat had offered very detailed explanations of why each tube was chosen with the source/amp/speaker and power tubes I have.
Amazed isn't a strong word for what Chat did for my system... it was already quiet, resolving, and very capable of giving me chills routinely. There were very few places where it seemed the music was just not "right"... occasionally too bright, mostly it would lose some musicality as the source material got very busy. I'd always attributed this to the 300B/SET harmonics and just targeted the music it "liked" to play. Almost anything sounded really engaging, but there was a gap that I wanted to close.
My outcome summary... with the tubes recommended my system entered a new era. I can appreciate easily the changes in noise floor/tonal balance/dynamics/etc... astonishing to me given I had already invested years in getting this system right. Years searching for tubes with the advice of other audio folks, dealers, and even the mfg of the amp... ChatGPT appears to have nailed exactly what I was looking for over the course of a couple conversations.
Even my buddy that was pushing me to try AI is pretty amazed by the level of detailed knowledge demonstrated on such an esoteric query. I've since gotten into a little more detail, Tectronix Spec Telefunkens/Yellow vs White label Sylvanias/etc) and Chat continues to provide valuable insight. He's now attacking my phono stage (Line Magnetic LP-33) as the reason my vinyl's currently losing out to my Lumin X1.
FWIW... I still prefer to form my own opinions based on research I do, but in some cases AI seems able to summarize all the crap out there and come up with some great conclusions.