Chat reminds me someone on a little bit of meth.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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@bruce19 You are spot on. I also stored all my information into GPT. Not just a list of equipment, but links to postings here that gave a full description of the construction of my listening room, photos on the construction of my front end rack, links to manufacturers sites etc..... No stone left un-turned. Then I asked GPT for an assessment of my system. I was very impressed with the in-depth report which ended by saying I had built a truly impressive system with no real chance of improvement. But....... Then I asked for an assessment based not on what it thought I wanted to hear, but based solely on the negative aspects of the system. Night and day response. My take away is you always have to ask the questions from two perspectives. |
I highly recommend "The Shell Game" podcast for anyone interested in AI. A journalist attempts to put together a company using AI. He is not a computer scientist... so you really find out how hard and wroth with problems it is... as it is in applying any new computer technology. It is hysterical... at times I have wanted to to roll on the floor laughing. In the second season he has four AI agents running the company... or are they really running him... good real world reality check on where the real state building an AI company. Not to ruin the fun but at one point all the AI agents think they could better clear their heads and refresh themselves by going out for a group hike. So they prepare a spreadsheet with all the appropriate hiking trails and make arrangements to meet for a hike. |
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