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Using AI In Audio Debates & GR Research [Video]
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I've noticed AI tools are quite hopeless and hallucinate easily when asked about niche topics. Audio is complicated and it's is still a very hard topic for AI to comprehend.
If your amp has low damping factor then speaker cable is less relevant, not more - since the frequency response impacts become dominated by the amp impedance, You can't significantly improve it with lower cable resistance.
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You are right, good, low resistance, connections are crucial. Especially for bass notes where high currents are required, even the smallest contact resistance causes a significant power drop. I once had exactly the same experience. I even wrongly rejected an amplifier for it..
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With regards to AI telling you want you want to hear, as widely discussed here.
In both Claude and ChatGPT, you can set a preference in settings. This is what I have in ChatGPT (as well as Claude):
This custom instructions help immensely. If you want more objective answers based on facts and data, this will help you get there. Ever since I did this, Claude and ChatGPT have been pushing back on me when my questions seems to lead it to an answer.
In both Claude and ChatGPT, you can set a preference in settings. This is what I have in ChatGPT (as well as Claude):
This custom instructions help immensely. If you want more objective answers based on facts and data, this will help you get there. Ever since I did this, Claude and ChatGPT have been pushing back on me when my questions seems to lead it to an answer.
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A view that is opposite of facts demands an answer. We are not talking about what food someone likes.
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At work I use AI for research in tax related matters. When approaching a specific case, AI can sometimes find relevant court rulings. However, it clearly fails to *understand* them, precisely because it lacks an understanding of their systematic structure. Recently, in a case involving retroactive legal effect, we needed to determine the specific deadline by which an application to amend an official notice was permissible. I assigned both an apprentice and the AI to the task. Both successfully identified the pivotal ruling from the highest court, as well as the specific paragraph citing an (in principle) unlimited timeframe for such applications. However, anyone with a bit of practical experience knows that this cannot actually be the case. Indeed, some 40 paragraphs later within that very same ruling, a concrete cutoff date for such applications was specified (the application was 3 years too late ...). You can explain this nuance to an apprentice, but the AI simply doesn't truly "understand" it. And if enough "Dannys" or Reddit users come along praising amplifiers as the ultimate standard, the AI will simply follow the herd.
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Matter in what specifically? Sound?
How did u know your bass was 5x?
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It sounded much stronger. Why?
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Often "settled science" is no more than strong opinion.
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Yes, sound.
Audio Myth - "Damping Factor Isn't Much of a Factor"
Myth - "Damping factor isn't important" Myth - "A damping factor of 10 is high enough" Myth - "All amplifiers have a high-enough damping factor"
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...this could be a bit of a slippery slope...???...
...is it OK for me to like how something sounds if I am not too worried about the facts...???...
...not saying unaware of the facts...just not sweating it too much, eh...
...I still want the facts but have found myself returning some "soccer panther" rated gear...
...that said I wish I had more facts before I bought some gear I am keeping/using...
...example: I wish I read Amir's Motus 2 review before I bought one, but it is good enough to keep...
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We unfortunately now live in the world of “alternative facts.” Those who profit from statement of untrue “facts” must be corrected to keep the narrative from spiraling out of control. Danny is very well aware of which set of facts he chooses to live by, which he chooses to ignore, and which he chooses to fabricate.
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...yes, I can certainly understand that...thanks for the clarification...
...I have not been paying enough attention to the nonsense to understand who Danny is or know what you are on aboot...
...no disparagement implied...I am just an ignorant fuk...
...one thing I can tell you aboot AI is that it gets really wound up sometimes...starts tripping over it's own data...LoL...
...I have not been paying enough attention to the nonsense to understand who Danny is or know what you are on aboot...
...no disparagement implied...I am just an ignorant fuk...
...one thing I can tell you aboot AI is that it gets really wound up sometimes...starts tripping over it's own data...LoL...
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...it does OK...it helps me understand quite bit I did not comprehend...
...it also gave me incorrect data with the correct data not only available to it but posted/referenced by the AI several times prior to inexplicitly providing incorrect data...
...this does not make it useless...flakey and unreliable perhaps...but it does spare me from annoying all the smart people who still talk to me...
...it does learn, too...it has finally stopped describing the Niles SI 2150 as a class AB amp...it has in fact learned all about that amp...much more than I ever knew...
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AI is guided by its prompts. It does NOT think. It serves to please you. If you ask it why is it good to upgrade your cables it will likely tell you something like, “using high end cables will have benefit, many audiophiles notice great improvements, although measurements have not verified this claim.” If you ask it, I’ve noticed no proof expensive cables make a difference, should I upgrade? The answer will be something more like, “There is no scientific evidence to support a properly functioning cable to be different from another.” And it’s likely might even reference this site. AI, like Gemini, is simply drawing from any reference it can. It wants to verify your assertions and is simply broken for any kind of real data. That said, I could ask Gemini, do most people feel better about their cable purchase if they spend more? It likely would look at that prompt and give you marketing data that would support that assertion.
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I take settled science over no science every day of the week and twice on Sunday. The fact that something is not perfectly true all the time, doesn't mean you believe anything. Especially if everything else scoffs at science and wants to believe anything it wants.
But maybe that is what you tell your doctor, equating his advice to that of a medicine man in Africa....
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