"Using AI-generated data to train AI could introduce further errors into already error-prone models. Large language models regularly present false information as fact. If they generate incorrect output that is itself used to train other AI models, the errors can be absorbed by those models and amplified over time….Even worse, there’s no simple fix."
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GIGO. The internet is littered with false and incorrect info. These days, anyone can publish virtually anything they want w/o anyone overseeing whether it is correct. If someone does correct the posting, it is typically done in a subsequent post that still leaves the original incorrect post up and available to be scraped by search engines.
Some months back I had some back and forth with the General Editor of the our small, free local newspaper. They had published a letter to the editor that was factually incorrect. I asked why the paper did not add a comment that while they were publishing the letter to show the opinion of a reader, the information was incorrect? The person told me that it wasn't their job to correct letters to the editor. Which makes them part of the problem.
Given this reality, why is anyone surprised that ChatGPT, et al produces bad answers, since it obtained its "knowledge" by sucking in everything on the web without curation?
For me, the perfect music for concentration is the sound of silence. The older I get, the more I prefer silence. I was very happy when my health club eliminated the din of background music, recognizing that everyone was wearing headphones or earbuds and wasn't listening to THEIR choice of music anyway!
Ah, silence. I had cataract surgery yesterday, and through the whole operation, 30 mins., one of the nurses never stopped talking. Afterward, the Dr. asked if I had any questions? I said yes, one; "Why did the nurse never stop talking?" He laughed and said, " I don't know, maybe she was trying to calm you." I replied, "Constant taking is annoying, silence is calming.? I agree about the "sound of silence." Music distracts me. If I want to listen to music, that's all I want to do, if I'm reading, I don't want music in the background. Lately, I've been thinking about what music I want played at my funeral. Something annoying would be good. There's so much to choose from.
I see your comments in here regularly. Just wanted to say, best of luck with the outcome of the surgery. I had one done a few years ago & the Doc said I would probably need the other one done someday. Sadly after several years I think that is the case. The eye that I did have done however is great. My wife had her's done & she could see better than ever.
100% agree. I'm a musician so if I hear my absolute favorite music I want to study it and enjoy it and really listen to it. I can't be working on my bills or car insurance more effectively! Also, God save us from the scourge of sports TV and every bar and restaurant. Inane pointless sports chatter makes me want to eat paint off the walls.
Taylor Swift is playing football stadiums, so the 10 million per concert doesn't really blow my mind. Not when you see what folks are paying to see Paul McCartney or Bruce Springsteen. Who are nostalgia acts who haven't been relevant in some time. Not dissing them, by relevant I mean dominating everything.
What does blow my mind? She's playing 5 dates in Los Angeles. Two dates in smaller cities like Minneapolis, KC, Cincinnati. I don't think anyone's ever done that. In my day (the Motor City) bands on huge tours like the Stones, the Who, Michael Jackson- one date per city. I can't speak for the metro areas like Los Angeles and NYC, but no way was it 5 dates. Juggernaut ain't the word.
Speaking of my day, my mom or dad would shlep us to classical concerts and musical, whether we wanted to go or not. But by the time I was old enough to say I wanted to go to a rock concert, it was my money. They weren't paying. Minimum wage jobs like bagging groceries and collecting shopping carts, being a lifeguard, busboy. We'd look at the concert schedule and carefully choose which bands we cared enough to pay for. Tix were a lot more affordable, even adjusted for inflation. Or as I read earlier today, Americans just haven't figured out that we're paying more for less, for just about everything under the sun.
Don't tell me the kids aren't spoiled these days. Hardly any of them work anymore, partially because "full-employment" now means adults working minimum wage dead-end jobs that teenagers used to fill.
Awesome article!! I don’t know how you manage to amass all this information, and stay on top of all these mind blowing trends, as you do. You really have to shake your head at all the absurdity modern advances are creating in this world. What was refreshing to see when I watched the videos on utube, was a gathering of 400 musicians performing, in unison, in remembrance of Chester of Linkin Park. Nice to see some things are still grassroots. Just sayin’.
Jaw dropping. We will see the cause and effect soon enough in the music world and after that there will need to be a new reality and business model. Such nonsense I was never prepared to see in my adult life!
So, I have over time determined that live performances from “old” musicians is not worth the ticket price. Especially if I already saw the act. Peter Gabriel is touring. I will not go. Overpriced and likely not going to live up to my previous attendance at a concert if his. I have seen jethro Tull in the 80’s. Peter Gabriel too. I stopped going to Rush concerts when they were still touring and alive as it just was not an enjoyable experience. Is that due to me not liking the musician’s new stuff of am I feeling they can’t pull off their old stuff? Both really maybe. I could write detailed concert reviews, but ultimately being disappointed in older act’s new lack of fidelity is why I give up. No old bands. None.
When musicians play the same thing, over and over, without changing anything, they eventually get bored with playing the music and their performance suffers. Can you imagine an artist painting the same picture over and over for 20 yrs, or a writer, writing the same book over and over? I realize that some artists and writers find a formula, and those artists and writers end up producing dull work for those who are comforted by sameness. The problem isn't the "old bands," it's the same old, same old music.
I only speak from my own experience. I have paid I guess what I would characterize as exorbitant ticket prices for lackluster cash in on nostalgia performances.
Nostalgia acts still generate a disproportionate amount of ticket and media sales for a reason. They have (or had) something to say. They were interesting and original. The music they made took risks and innovated. They may have stagnated creatively over the length of their careers, but it's still a damn sight more vibrant than the dumbed down pablum being peddled by the superstar's currently being celebrated. Taylor Swift?! Seriously? Her success as a product of marketing and industry hype rather than genuine talent.
Hard to believe Woody Allen has anything on Hal Ashby (except notoriety, and a notorious reputation). Are any of the star couples in any Allen vehicle farther apart in age than Harold & Maude?
Nice to see sumo wrestlers get a mention (however tangentially) on this platform. Sumo is actually in a very exciting period of transition right now; as a generation of wrestlers that held sway at the top of the sport for over a decade have almost all retired; including the greatest grand champion (Yokozuna) of all recorded history, Hakuho. This makes room for the next cohort of wrestlers to vie for primacy in their own historical era, and it's fun as hell to watch it happen.
Every item in this survey is depressing. We have ushered in an era of lowered expectations, elevated the virtual over the actual, and insisted on celebrating mediocrity and formula over originality and insight. We are besieged by conmen, grifters, and thieves. The real tragedy is that we no longer rail against them but celebrate them and aspire to be like them. Our thought leaders are frauds. We seek inspiration from commercial products disguised as art. This isn't nihilism. This is an observation.
I know - what a shock ! But I don't listen to radio hardly ever anymore. Not since any good talk radio disappeared from AM quite awhile ago. And as for music on radio (outside of super good KNKX - a Public radio Jazz station) I got tired ,decades ago of listening to Spirit In The Sky (or it's equivalents) .
Like someone here said: "3 songs" or the variation of. Exactly HOW many times do I need to hear these anymore ? Sigh ...
Genuinely interested in your feedback/thoughts here. Last year I made an album of demos, only available as a physical copy inside a hardback lyric book. I shifted a few to friends etc and cleared about £200 - brushing this up against Dani Filth’s comments on Spotify of millions of streams for @£20 vs 30 copies sold for £200, mine seems to be the preferred business model and I am nowhere! Why do you think bands and their management keep their products in the streaming space? It would make sense to me to pull the whole lot - and if many followed suit, the platforms would surely have to rethink their model of royalty payments. Is visibility really that important in 2023?
I rarely comment on articles, etc, but I'd have to say your stuff is the best of the various newsletters that have popped in over the last couple of years. I will probably subscribe & put it in the budget with 20 other pubs in 5-6 months when I begin finishing a book I've been working on since 2020.
Keep it up!
H. Scott Bayer, Indie Film Reporter - Exec Ed./Publisher
"Using AI-generated data to train AI could introduce further errors into already error-prone models. Large language models regularly present false information as fact. If they generate incorrect output that is itself used to train other AI models, the errors can be absorbed by those models and amplified over time….Even worse, there’s no simple fix."
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GIGO. The internet is littered with false and incorrect info. These days, anyone can publish virtually anything they want w/o anyone overseeing whether it is correct. If someone does correct the posting, it is typically done in a subsequent post that still leaves the original incorrect post up and available to be scraped by search engines.
Some months back I had some back and forth with the General Editor of the our small, free local newspaper. They had published a letter to the editor that was factually incorrect. I asked why the paper did not add a comment that while they were publishing the letter to show the opinion of a reader, the information was incorrect? The person told me that it wasn't their job to correct letters to the editor. Which makes them part of the problem.
Given this reality, why is anyone surprised that ChatGPT, et al produces bad answers, since it obtained its "knowledge" by sucking in everything on the web without curation?
"perfect music for enhanced focus"
For me, the perfect music for concentration is the sound of silence. The older I get, the more I prefer silence. I was very happy when my health club eliminated the din of background music, recognizing that everyone was wearing headphones or earbuds and wasn't listening to THEIR choice of music anyway!
Ah, silence. I had cataract surgery yesterday, and through the whole operation, 30 mins., one of the nurses never stopped talking. Afterward, the Dr. asked if I had any questions? I said yes, one; "Why did the nurse never stop talking?" He laughed and said, " I don't know, maybe she was trying to calm you." I replied, "Constant taking is annoying, silence is calming.? I agree about the "sound of silence." Music distracts me. If I want to listen to music, that's all I want to do, if I'm reading, I don't want music in the background. Lately, I've been thinking about what music I want played at my funeral. Something annoying would be good. There's so much to choose from.
I see your comments in here regularly. Just wanted to say, best of luck with the outcome of the surgery. I had one done a few years ago & the Doc said I would probably need the other one done someday. Sadly after several years I think that is the case. The eye that I did have done however is great. My wife had her's done & she could see better than ever.
100% agree. I'm a musician so if I hear my absolute favorite music I want to study it and enjoy it and really listen to it. I can't be working on my bills or car insurance more effectively! Also, God save us from the scourge of sports TV and every bar and restaurant. Inane pointless sports chatter makes me want to eat paint off the walls.
Taylor Swift is playing football stadiums, so the 10 million per concert doesn't really blow my mind. Not when you see what folks are paying to see Paul McCartney or Bruce Springsteen. Who are nostalgia acts who haven't been relevant in some time. Not dissing them, by relevant I mean dominating everything.
What does blow my mind? She's playing 5 dates in Los Angeles. Two dates in smaller cities like Minneapolis, KC, Cincinnati. I don't think anyone's ever done that. In my day (the Motor City) bands on huge tours like the Stones, the Who, Michael Jackson- one date per city. I can't speak for the metro areas like Los Angeles and NYC, but no way was it 5 dates. Juggernaut ain't the word.
Speaking of my day, my mom or dad would shlep us to classical concerts and musical, whether we wanted to go or not. But by the time I was old enough to say I wanted to go to a rock concert, it was my money. They weren't paying. Minimum wage jobs like bagging groceries and collecting shopping carts, being a lifeguard, busboy. We'd look at the concert schedule and carefully choose which bands we cared enough to pay for. Tix were a lot more affordable, even adjusted for inflation. Or as I read earlier today, Americans just haven't figured out that we're paying more for less, for just about everything under the sun.
Don't tell me the kids aren't spoiled these days. Hardly any of them work anymore, partially because "full-employment" now means adults working minimum wage dead-end jobs that teenagers used to fill.
Awesome article!! I don’t know how you manage to amass all this information, and stay on top of all these mind blowing trends, as you do. You really have to shake your head at all the absurdity modern advances are creating in this world. What was refreshing to see when I watched the videos on utube, was a gathering of 400 musicians performing, in unison, in remembrance of Chester of Linkin Park. Nice to see some things are still grassroots. Just sayin’.
Jaw dropping. We will see the cause and effect soon enough in the music world and after that there will need to be a new reality and business model. Such nonsense I was never prepared to see in my adult life!
So, I have over time determined that live performances from “old” musicians is not worth the ticket price. Especially if I already saw the act. Peter Gabriel is touring. I will not go. Overpriced and likely not going to live up to my previous attendance at a concert if his. I have seen jethro Tull in the 80’s. Peter Gabriel too. I stopped going to Rush concerts when they were still touring and alive as it just was not an enjoyable experience. Is that due to me not liking the musician’s new stuff of am I feeling they can’t pull off their old stuff? Both really maybe. I could write detailed concert reviews, but ultimately being disappointed in older act’s new lack of fidelity is why I give up. No old bands. None.
When musicians play the same thing, over and over, without changing anything, they eventually get bored with playing the music and their performance suffers. Can you imagine an artist painting the same picture over and over for 20 yrs, or a writer, writing the same book over and over? I realize that some artists and writers find a formula, and those artists and writers end up producing dull work for those who are comforted by sameness. The problem isn't the "old bands," it's the same old, same old music.
I only speak from my own experience. I have paid I guess what I would characterize as exorbitant ticket prices for lackluster cash in on nostalgia performances.
Nostalgia is highly overrated. Sorry that you felt cheated.
Nostalgia acts still generate a disproportionate amount of ticket and media sales for a reason. They have (or had) something to say. They were interesting and original. The music they made took risks and innovated. They may have stagnated creatively over the length of their careers, but it's still a damn sight more vibrant than the dumbed down pablum being peddled by the superstar's currently being celebrated. Taylor Swift?! Seriously? Her success as a product of marketing and industry hype rather than genuine talent.
Apple can just prod off.
Hard to believe Woody Allen has anything on Hal Ashby (except notoriety, and a notorious reputation). Are any of the star couples in any Allen vehicle farther apart in age than Harold & Maude?
Nope, Harold and Maude win by a couple of years or so.
Thumbs up on the executive briefings
Nice to see sumo wrestlers get a mention (however tangentially) on this platform. Sumo is actually in a very exciting period of transition right now; as a generation of wrestlers that held sway at the top of the sport for over a decade have almost all retired; including the greatest grand champion (Yokozuna) of all recorded history, Hakuho. This makes room for the next cohort of wrestlers to vie for primacy in their own historical era, and it's fun as hell to watch it happen.
Every item in this survey is depressing. We have ushered in an era of lowered expectations, elevated the virtual over the actual, and insisted on celebrating mediocrity and formula over originality and insight. We are besieged by conmen, grifters, and thieves. The real tragedy is that we no longer rail against them but celebrate them and aspire to be like them. Our thought leaders are frauds. We seek inspiration from commercial products disguised as art. This isn't nihilism. This is an observation.
I know - what a shock ! But I don't listen to radio hardly ever anymore. Not since any good talk radio disappeared from AM quite awhile ago. And as for music on radio (outside of super good KNKX - a Public radio Jazz station) I got tired ,decades ago of listening to Spirit In The Sky (or it's equivalents) .
Like someone here said: "3 songs" or the variation of. Exactly HOW many times do I need to hear these anymore ? Sigh ...
I never ever ever have to hear hotel California ever again. Ever.
Genuinely interested in your feedback/thoughts here. Last year I made an album of demos, only available as a physical copy inside a hardback lyric book. I shifted a few to friends etc and cleared about £200 - brushing this up against Dani Filth’s comments on Spotify of millions of streams for @£20 vs 30 copies sold for £200, mine seems to be the preferred business model and I am nowhere! Why do you think bands and their management keep their products in the streaming space? It would make sense to me to pull the whole lot - and if many followed suit, the platforms would surely have to rethink their model of royalty payments. Is visibility really that important in 2023?
Some data to put some of this in context:
https://nasaa-arts.org/nasaa_research/creative-economy-state-profiles/
I rarely comment on articles, etc, but I'd have to say your stuff is the best of the various newsletters that have popped in over the last couple of years. I will probably subscribe & put it in the budget with 20 other pubs in 5-6 months when I begin finishing a book I've been working on since 2020.
Keep it up!
H. Scott Bayer, Indie Film Reporter - Exec Ed./Publisher
discursive essay on apples <— Newton’s Apple must fit in here somewhere..