This hobby is for hedonists, not scientists

@erik_squires ...easier to talk with your tongue out of cheek... ;)

Of course.  Everything you know is Wrong.

Same with me....likely, all of us...

No one knowing nothing doing nothing going nowhere...
( Blind Faith ?  Maybe... Definitely Clapton...)

I read 'they' are looking for AI 'trainers'......also, 4th ~ 6th gen AI's begin to forget.

I've this vision of an 8th gen AI in charge of my 'lectric cah (practice, going to Boston soon...) that was trained by a wannabe 'influencer' whose best friends are his laptop and his bong.

...and you laugh....Other snews is a cat was run over by a 'bot car in SF Mission on 16th St.  Turns out the cat was a known bar prowler, well loved by all....

We used to live off 19th, know the place well enuff.  I'd be p'o'd, too.

They're trying ban 'bot cars in SF.

There's at least a hundred of them everyday, if not more.

All become lidar 'blips', another ghost in the CPU....

@asvjerry - Nobody except a very few people are trying to ban Waymos in San Francisco - it's not going to happen, live with it.  In fact, they're adding Google's new robocar to the streets starting this week, I believe. I guarantee you a lot more cats, dogs, people, etc have been run down by vehicles with drivers behind the wheel. I'll trust a Waymo over a driver, and I'll be happy to see more of them, not fewer.   

@larsman “I’ll trust Waymo over a driver”

I believe you don’t drive?

On two feet then, you are at more risk than drivers out there, whether being run over by the real or “bot” types.

Not being confrontational, it’s your friend from the UK who recently talked to you about Rick Wakeman and your next planned trip to South West England.

Just replying after reading and seeing a funny side of your “robocar” analysis.

Do you like bagels?

@mylogic - no worries, my friend! You are correct - I live in downtown San Francisco and I do not drive - I pedestrian or take public transport or ride-share. But I've been doing this for decades, so I've avoided getting run down by 4-wheels. The scooters and bikes that people ride illegally on the sidewalks is another story! 

Hah! The ol' bagel question rears its head - the ones here on the West Coast tend to not be like the New York ones these folks are talking about! 

@newton_john  - Sorry my friend, I really was not talking about the vocation of those in Audiogon, and hope you don’t feel slighted.  I meant more that as we approach what we listen to and buy, we should give in more to our senses than our analytical capabilities.  If you were offended by my post you have my sincere apologies that I was not clearer in posting, and regret any slights felt.

There are two kinds of cooks in the same person.  There's the cook that  carefully picks a recipe and tastes the sauce as it simmers, and there's the cook that eats and appreciates the meal.  We should do more of the latter.