use of ChatGPT for HIFI

Thanks to this post I have solved a very long standing problem with my set .
 Chat GTP informed me how to get remote control of my rig’s volume and taught me how use new equipment I obtained. 
What an incredible resource!

At Deer Creek Audio we consult with customers on how to integrate complex products featuring Digital Signal Processing and Dirac Live into their systems.  What we have learned about typical AI responses is that AI cannot take into account whether information is slightly old and/or obsolete.  Also, AI cannot process what the future plans of a particular user might be.   This is why we really encourage customers to call and speak with us about their projects.  We want to understand our customers’ current desires, are as well as where they think they might want to head with their system and help them tailor their systems accordingly.

@emergingsoul my system was not inspired by AI, it was inspired by humans.

I just had a long conversation with claude.ai about my system, asking it for advice for weaknesses and upgrade paths. Surprisingly, it told me to chill. That what I had was good and, in essence, the only weak link was me being unsatisfied. When I pressed further, it did say I could upgrade the Ragnarok 2 to a Decware Tori or Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum. 

Those using ChatGPT, keep in mind that by typing in "Temperature" and then an integer between .1 and 1.0 (like, "Temperature .7"), you can influence ChatGPT’s tone. The higher the integer, the more esoteric and colorful the answer.

I did have to update claude on the prices of items as it, like most AI, is at least a year out of date. 

@simao 

Really cool about the temperature.

How can I make chatgpt worship me like a king? Can't wait for future robots and all the modifications you'll be able to do.  Basically these are inanimate objects and we tend to offer sensitivity to them as if they're humans.  Do you dare say mean things to siri or Address chatgpt in a mean way when you're not happy with what it's saying and that it could've done a better job? 

The Nasty Truth About AI

"This applies across platforms. In education, AI systems are trained to avoid certain topics and to frame information according to institutional orthodoxy. In health care, models are optimized for efficiency, not empathy—allocating resources in silence, often reinforcing systemic inequality. In social media, recommendation algorithms decide what you see, not based on relevance or truth, but on engagement value and reputational risk to the platform. The pattern is consistent: the machine is not there to help you understand the world. It is there to guide you away from conflict with the world as the system defines it."

Those readily adopting the use of AI support as a Internet Search Tool, are usually not informed what the adoption of it means and what a collective adoption of it means.

A Typical Search using a Support such as Google means the search undertaken by an individual has used 0.0003 KWh - 0.2g CO2 Emission.  

A Typical Search using a Support such as Chat CBT means the search undertaken by an individual has used 0.0029 KWh - 68g CO2 Emission. 

There are string arguments developing within the Suppliers of DATA to justify the differences in Power Consumption, but to the average user of the Internet, they have very little to offer to suggest such a squander is acceptable.

AI should be charged at a super premium to casual users, where it is really needed, Packages can be arranged to suit the purposes of those who really need the freedom of using it.

Companies that are to use AI to its full capacity via a large work force, should also be seen to be investing in producing Carbon Capture Modules that are producing a released air to the condition of over 400 Years ago before the time when Fossil Fuel become the main method for Powering Industry. 

The New Knock on effect as a result of the collective adoption of AI Searches is that DATA Centres recently produced are obsolete, they need to start again with being increased in size and have much larger Power Reserves and Much Larger Systems put in place if Failure is to be backed up with no losses incurred.

In relation to needing larger Power Reserves, many Countries that are First World Developed have substantial Energy Production and are as a result of their success for producing energy not able to handle the full capacity produced, it is not strange to hear a Terawatt (1Trillion Watts) of Energy is dumped daily, usually let go into a mass of water such as a Sea. 

The Terawatt can be used to support DATA Centres, but for some reason this can't be arranged between the controlling individuals.

When it comes to measures to protect loss against failures, there is a need for Batteries, which means one thing in general, Lithium.

Lithium means one thing only today, and the experiences enforced on the workers at the work front shares all the experiences of what the Drug Cartels have generated, Child Labour is being kind in this world, Human Life is very cheap and killing of Vast Waterways with Toxins is totally accepted.

Everybody needs their Lithium Batteries, so why go public about Lithium Extraction.

There is great anticipation about what the world will look like with AI advancing at it has.

What the World will look like means different things to different people, for some their world will be the very worst to be endured of a enforced oppression.  

For the record, I have not knowingly used an AI Tool to search or selected it for use, when it is the added support on other Software I have a access to. 

I think one needs to be very cautious with AI. There are way too many stories of AI just making things up.  A few months ago a lawyer got in big trouble with a judge when he used AI to research case law for a trial. It turned out all of the cases cited by AI were just made up.  

Another two stories.  First, at my workplace, I asked Chat GPT about a situation in which I'm our resident specialist. AI cited out-of-date, incorrect info but presented it as current. When I challenged it on that point, only then did it admit it did not have access to the current info.  Left unchallenged, I would have thought I had the right answer when I didn't.

In another situation, I was recently talking to a fellow who thought he was being stalked by the post office because he was seeing mail trucks everywhere. It was a mental obsession with no basis -- he never worked for the post office nor had any dipsute or encounter that would have explained why the PO picked him.  However, he had been asking AI about the stalking and the program was actually encouraging him in the delusion -- he showed me the AI responses on his phone.  Unbelievable that AI would actually encourage a person with mental issues in their delusions.

AI has its place in the world, but one still needs to be careful when using it.

The big rush behind AI is to see who's first to get contracts for mass surveillance of American citizens. Palantir (owned by Thiel, a South African like Musk with shared views) is getting all of our personal data that Musk vacuumed out of all the government agencies he broke into and use it to sway opinions (like Cambridge Analytica did in that election), trigger people, incite violence when necessary and herd us in the direction they want. 

The MSM has helped romanticize the notion of AI in the public eye which leads to discussions like this. It's already working and they're refining it as we speak and debate the issues of it. Why do you think Congress slipped a measure into their bill that forbids any state to ban, challenge or contest the use of AI for the next ten years? They're thinking long term and we're discussing quaint notions and entertaining Terminator fantasies about something  more dark and foreboding.

All the best,
Nonoise

ChatGTP Can be very useful but it does make mistakes and will admit it is wrong when properly challenged with facts or math.   It can advise as to whether a phono cartridge is a good match for your system, comparing specs from the two.  

I alway take a look at the answer and do a little verification if models are involved. They seem to be good at general and not good at specifics.

I think audio dealers could be threatened by this, I would prefer to deal with AI and then when I get real serious review issues with the dealer and then purchase.

are we gonna reach a point where dealers maybe under pressure from direct sales.  After all they have to purchase the equipment and then sell it so they don’t have the availability anyway.  There are a few flagship locations in big cities that always have sound rooms and a variety of products.  Otherwise really difficult to shop for equipment.  If you live around New York you can visit and hear anything you want.

The Mirror Machine

I tried Qobuz Connect for the first time on my SOTM streamer (after OS upgrade) and I was shocked by how lively the music became compared to my default Roon->HQPlayer 4->Main Router->Fiber Optics->Second Router->SOTM setup.  The music is one level up on 3D holographic sounding and I can hear the micro-details much easier without fatigue.  Compared to my Roon->HQPlayer setup which now sounded a lot recessed.  I wasn’t happy as just dropped $1K on lifetime Roon subscription for HQPlayer streaming convenience.  So I described my situation to ChatGPT4 and surprising it confirmed I wasn’t going crazy (debatable as I am in this hobby) and the reason why HQPlayer sound recessed (compared to Qobuz Connect) could be due to things like output level of HQPlayer (it suggested bumping up 6 db as I was streaming DSD512).  Also it said for my T+A DAC200 the sound is more flat at DSD256 compared to DSD512 so give DSD256 a try (no idea where it got that from and both Grok and Gemini was not able to confirm this hypothesis).  It also gave esoteric info like the buffer size of HQPlayer affects transients.  Lastly, it suggested 3 HQPlayer 4 filters that will give better holographic sound to try.  It sounded like a fan of HQPlayer 4 because it’s closing summary is HQPlayer 4 should still give better music after proper setup.
What it said could be all fluffy BS but it did give interesting options I haven’t thought of like output level of DSD.  Time to do more experimentation...