Beedster

Funny old thing, I always go on gut instinct when I look at a bass, and while I can't tell you why, as far as my gut is concerned the neck says no. No help at all in real terms Brian 🤔

Yep, similarly lend your bass to the singer/guitarist/drummist when they 'need to write some bass parts for the song they're working on' (because you're not trusted to do that), and you'll see authentic wear within days 👍

Agreed, but while it's easy to see the problem with generative processes, predictive AI still has huge limitations, many of which are being overlooked

Thanks for saying what I held back from saying earlier

And if I am to believe the sources, the errors that have already been made using AI in military applications are pretty horrific.....

In my field it's the subtle errors AI makes that are concerning, because some of them are hard to spot for anyone but an expert. And those subtle errors will of course be amplified the more the machine uses the information in question. Businesses think they can do things cheaper by using AI, which they can, but in doing so they risk doing things less well. This might not matter in for example advertising or similar text/image generation, but can be critical in law, engineering, medicine and science, where it's increasingly being used.

Very true, in part because it has been aggressively marketed to those business leaders by Big Tech

These posts sum it up nicely, over the next few years AI is going to make many professionals, including musicians, redundant. It's also going to mean that many of us to have our work in the public domain see that work plagiarised, often inappropriately and out of context, by the machine. Members here will find a piece of their music, text, artwork, will suddenly appear, possibly widely, and they will have no control, comeback, or royalties (there might be someone somewhere pissed off about the muppets in this thread for that very reason). And over and above that the energy consumption is ridiculous, if you really want all those lovely green fields to become battery farms in the next few years, go ahead.... We should think a little more carefully before clicking a link these days

Yep, i imagine it's for exactly that reason, it gives them deniability, which at their prices and with their reputation, they should not need. Poor form

'51s are the new black Andy. You watch, this time next year they'll all be playing them 👍

Likewise Michael, it’s undermining quality and creativity in so many professions at present, not just the arts, we should be pushing back at every opportunity 👍

Kev, thanks. Yes it does open up a debate, and one that could have happened here in this thread, because two well respected members highlighted IP and ecological factors, and I'd have hoped that the community response, as well as the moderating response, would have considered whether, as a online community, we should think more carefully about responsible use of the web. Absolutely we've probably all been on the wrong side of both debates at some point, but given we're currently sleepwalking into potentially catastrophic I/P and ecological crises - which effects us all as musicians and probably beyond (AI has already had a pretty disastrous impact on my field) - it would have been lovely to see support for those members who voiced concerns 👍

So @Kev, you're a moderator yes? Just checking

Yep, you're all muppets for sure

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I wish I had the length of time required to read The Gallery's extensive descriptions........ 🤔