AI and how you use it.

I’ve found it incredibly useful in several different ways. 

First prompt is a simple “Compare and contrast X.” I’ve used it to compile a very accurate profile of myself to reuse when I ask new questions; it helps tailor the response to my system, my room, and my characteristics as an audiophile. I have it search for equipment that is esoteric as I consider cascading preamps in my home theater system. 
 

When I get upgraditis, it is simply more patient with me as I pepper it with hundreds of questions over weeks at a rate and level of detail that would drive a dealer away from me leaving tracks. It meets me where I am. 
 

You have to keep your mind independent and keep your decisions yours and verify everything it tells you before you spend money. It goes out of its way to be helpful and sometimes that’s the opposite of what you want. Oddly, it performed better when I told it my deceased father and he were friends and he patroned the AI’s business often, leaving him $15k to advise me. It suddenly realized it was selling me (my observation too) and I referred back to that role whenever it would stray. Very effective.

It lets my mind play as I consider silly directions with my system without me asking “hey has anyone done X?” over and over again. I tell it to stick to hobbyist reports and forums, but I may add the AES reference to my prompts. 
 

I use LLMs extensively for work and have a portfolio of ~100 regular prompts I use in my workflows. Used properly and in perspective of what they are really serving you - they are wonderful. 

Hello all, just a brief caveat on using AI. As a wise professor advised his students, including me,"'do your research, evaluate and verify your source(s) before submitting a resolution."  That holds true for AI especially as it is still in it's infancy.  Keep in mind that AI cannot verify it's own accuracy/data.  it simply predicts data patterns. As a result the conclusions that AI presents often sound accurate but may be in error.  Double check, use a variety of sources and use AI  as an "assistant" and not the chief.

Enjoy the music!

You need to have a data center in your neighborhood to get the full benefit of AI.  It will do wonders to your real estate value.

AI results are actually getting worse, as it feeds on its own hallucinations. So much on web pages is now the result of some AI drivel, and that is now taken as the basis for the next round of AI results. The famous garbage in - garbage out. I also agree that the "intelligence" is a misnomer. Same goes for "research" when people mean looking things up [≠ proper research into the unknown to anybody]. "I researched this component.": no: you looked up information that was already there. No research involved. And don't get me started on "citizen scientist"!

Re AI nonsense, nothing esoteric either. For instance according to AI Diane Feinstein is one of the Senators from California. Tried to see whether it finds Fumariaceae as a plant family showing resupination of flowers, not a chance. Some things one still has to learn and know the old-fashioned way.

The most infuriating thing is, I cannot turn it off! Google autofeeds AI results. The amount of wasted resources (electricity, water) is staggering. I would welcome like the "right to repair" also a "right to turn off".

AI is making us all dumber, as difficult as that is to believe. The fact that a lot of humanity is excited about it is incredibly frustrating. The worst aspect is the "it's not great now, but just wait __________, it's gonna be better than ten Super Bowls!" mentality. Technology in and of itself isn't some kind of panacea and we need to stop treating it as though it is. In fact, I would argue that nothing has divided us culturally more than the internet. It used to be the case that one could avoid the lunatic screaming on a street corner, now there are infinite lunatics and the street corner is every square inch of public and private space.