Startling AI results.


Shocking might be a better word. So I asked Google AI “what is the weak link in this system: a,b,c,d?” And I listed my streamer/dac, amp, speakers, and cables.  No hesitation— the weak link was my speakers. Though good, they were older and couldn’t resolve to the level of my streamer and amp.  

Then I changed one word; instead of “what’” I said “which is the weak…” again no hesitation, but this time it was the streamer.  The speakers were excellent and would mercilessly (their word) expose any weakness upstream.  
 

Then “who is the weak…”. Any guesses? The cables. 
 

I’ll remember this next time I seek medical or financial advice, lol. 
 

 

tomaswv

The prompt means everything. We tend to oversimplify the prompt thinking that Ai knows what we want or mean. 
I asked Ai about wire emitting RF and it said wire is a passive part and does not emit RF.  
Then I asked it about why power wires were needing to be twisted pair and it told me to reduce  RF.

On the first prompt it was literally referring to a piece of wire with no other context.

I asked Google Gemini how it considers AI can help us with hifi.

It suggested that there are three distinct areas where progress is currently being made.

  • The Digital Room Boundary,
  • The Component Workbench, and
  • The Curated Music Library.
     

You have to know a little bit about what you're inquiring about.  AI makes lots of mistakes.  When you catch one, call it out and keep drilling.  If you're using it to identify a potential component, throw out a few ideas of your own and also ask about what else that you or the model didn't mention but warrants consideration.  Lastly, while I have not used every model, my experience is that I have found Gemini and Copilot are significantly better/more thoughtful than ChatGPT.  I spent a lot of time on AI to get ideas and a framework for my current system. 

Nogaps. Love it. Calling me out for clickbait. I have met the enemy and he is…wait a minute…