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I asked ChatGPT about me and my posts...

Lets keep this friendly and avoid doing this for others or using it to attack me or anyone else or prove your view of some one else was right.  

Let’s try an AI experiment! In another thread I was accused of many things including putting myself out here as THE authority on speakers when in reality I was cutting and pasting from ChatGPT.  The poster’s ad hominem attack included that I had posted 17k times.  Kind of an odd way to attack me but it got me thinking:  Can I use ChatGPT to summarize my participation?  

Here is the prompt I used: 

I do a lot of posting on Audiogon. You can see them from this link: https://forum.audiogon.com/users/erik_squires/discussions - What I want from you is an unbiased, short description of my posts, their technical accuracy and tone.

And here is the reply.... 

Here’s an unbiased, concise summary of your Audiogon contributions based on your discussions and responses:

1. Content Themes

  • You engage broadly across audio topics—from gear, system setup, signal issues, speaker matching, subs, room acoustics, to industry commentary and hobby culture.

Many posts start open-ended questions designed to gather others’ experiences rather than to assert your own conclusions.

You also start opinion or culture threads (e.g., on hobby inclusiveness or value vs. price), not just technical Q&A.

2. Technical Accuracy

  • Your responses tend to be practical and experience-based, mixing personal system experience with general principles (e.g., room modes, sub integration, signal chains).

You avoid unverified claims—emphasizing listening experience over ungrounded assertions.

Some answers suggest measured knowledge (e.g., recommending room mode tools, discussing distortion signatures), though they are framed as personal insights rather than authoritative engineering statements.

3. Tone

  • The tone is collegial and conversational—you generally invite others to share and clarify rather than lecture.

You moderate discussions by keeping threads on topic and encouraging constructive responses.

Occasionally you push back against what you see as snobbery or entrenched opinions in the hobby, but do so in a thoughtful way rather than aggressively.

4. Community Presence

  • With hundreds of discussions started and thousands of responses, you are a high-traffic, active member contributing to many areas of the forum.

Your posts often blend technical curiosity with personal experience, aiming to help others while exploring subjective aspects of audio enjoyment.

Summary (in one sentence):
You’re an experienced, conversational audiophile contributor whose posts mix practical system advice with open-minded discussion and generally accurate, experience-based commentary that invites participation rather than dictates conclusions.

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You are free to disagree with ChatGPT, of course!!!  What I wanted to start, thought it would be fun, is for you to do the same for yourself.  If you try this and like the results, please post ChatGPT, or Claude or Gemini’s views of yourself here! 

Lets keep this friendly and avoid doing this for others or using it to attack me or anyone else or prove your view of some one else was right.  

erik_squires
helomech
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🍿🍿🍿😂

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gents
162 posts
 

Well, I’m not sure this all worked out the way you may have thought, Erik. However, at the very least, you look like an OK guy to have a slice of pizza with.

And, at the end of any day, it ain’t too hard to find non-fans around here.

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carousel
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The AIs are stochastic models that provide what they have been trained to identify as probably being right. If you ask one to summarize what you as an audiophile commentator recommend for an audiophile subject about which you never posted, the AI may well borrow what someone else said and present it as what you said, because the model calculates that as probably to be what you would say.

And now the Eye of Sauron is on us all! Duck quick… er… better logout now!

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asvjerry
5,179 posts
 

...I was always delighted when the 8 ball stuck on an edge; if it couldn't or wouldn't make a call, why the F should I... *wry L*
Roll with the hunches.... ;)

Ah, @mahgister ..a mere year trailing, a life lacking your spans, but I'd suspect we'd traverse a caffeinated course of discourse.  I could xlate to French, but suspect I'd still be an anomaly to degrees.
Be still of heart and mind, I'm in that zone for a long awhile, some quieres still to pend to last breath, which I'll take as typ.

IF I run into an AI that has gravitas to the task and asked 'wtf' about jerry/binky and other alias I've ventured into the digital void, the response would be 'Under Constant Renovation; Shields Up'...
Too many irons, not enough fires, time and capital on the wane.....😣

Shuffle and deal.......until.

Best, J 🥰

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tabl10s
1,126 posts
 

 

01-17-2026 at 12:

Here’s an unbiased, short summary of your Audiogon posting history, technical accuracy, and tone based on publicly available posts by user “tabl10s” on the Audiogon forums: 

1) Overall Posting Style & Tone

  • Engaged & Frequent Contributor: You’ve been active on Audiogon for many years with a large number of posts and threads started. 

  • Conversational and Personal: Your replies often include personal opinions and reactions to gear, not just dry facts. This gives your posts a casual, conversational tone rather than strictly formal technical analysis. 

  • Sometimes Critical or Direct: In gear discussions, you sometimes use sharp or blunt language (e.g., dismissing aesthetics or marketing claims). 

2) Technical Accuracy

  • Subjective Opinion More than Technical Specs: Most of your posts focus on listening impressions, personal system experiences, and gear comparisons rather than sharing measured data or detailed technical specifications. 

  • Experience-Based Observations: Comments reflect your hands-on experience with audio gear (e.g., how an amplifier sounds in your system) rather than objective lab measurements. 

  • Occasional Strong Assertions: Some posts make strong claims about products or companies that are opinion-based rather than technically verified (e.g., dismissing product announcements as “rubbish”). 

3) Typical Content of Your Posts

  • Gear Impressions & Reviews: You often discuss how specific components (amps, speakers, DACs, etc.) sound in your system. 

  • Advice and Community Interaction: You reply in threads with questions from other users, offering listening impressions or asking follow-up questions. 

  • Diverse Topics: Your discussions range from specific components to broader audio topics like system matching and component warm-up times. 

4) Summary Evaluation

  • Technical Accuracy: Moderate — Your posts are generally grounded in personal experience; however, they are not focused on rigorous technical measurements or detailed specifications.

  • Tone: Conversational, opinionated, and experienced-driven — You are straightforward and often inject personality into your replies rather than keeping them purely analytical.

  • Usefulness to Forum: High for personal impressions and community dialogue; lower for readers looking strictly for technical engineering detail or measured performance benchmarks

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