Posts made by J. Jericho

Ideally, I try to find three competent sources to verify important information before I accept what has been put forward. Sometimes three aren't available, and sometimes trusted sources don't qualify. If something doesn't look right, it probably isn't, and if it does look right, it still may not be. I occasionally miss something, but overall, my attitude is "Trust, but verify." My wife has a similar method: "Distrust, but verify."

@ssmith1226 Thanks! When I work out my access problems, I'll try using ChatGPT. I was able to get to the website, but I couldn't continue, because it had the maximum amount of users (bots?) at the time.

@jolter Then I don't anticipate ChatGPT displacing Google or any other source of information, since it functions differently.

@ssmith1226 Does ChatGPT provide references/footnotes with its summaries? When I want generic information, Wikipedia provides it, but usually when I do an internet search, I want to be able to screen the sources, as some have more veracity than others. IDK if ChatGPT offers this capability, since when I go to that website, this is what I get:

Access denied
Error code 1020

You do not have access to chat.openai.com.

The site owner may have set restrictions that prevent you from accessing the site.

@administrator I think everyone that wanted TrumpetMaster ended up here, whether through discovery or invitation, and from my perspective, TrumpetBoards is a good evolution. I wouldn't go to the trouble and expense of resurrecting TM. Whatever happens to it could end up like website versions of Olds and Conn. TB is a streamlined, user-friendly niche website/community with quality members.

@discount-bassy "Two wrongs don't make a right...three do." And I thought that three lefts make a right!

@ssmith1226 Thanks. AI appears to be capable of imitating some humans, such as those who speak with authority, whether they have knowledge or not, and with equal facility spew gibberish.

What happens when you ask https://chat.openai.com/chat to create something, like, say, an original joke, for instance? I tried to access the website myself, but I keep getting an "Access denied" error message.

@curlydoc said in Starting over after a year:
Any suggestions for reclaiming the low notes?

Yeah; patience and time. Glad you're getting back into playing!

Hearing Bugler's Holiday brings back memories every time I hear it. It's been 57 years since two good friends of mine and I played it at band contest in high school.

@ssmith1226 To answer the question... two large Tupperware containers, as you can see in the background.

Are we at the point at which we have conversations with programs designed to replicate the presence of humans? How profoundly does the development of this technology affect the nature of communication? Are there aspects of this path that will reveal a less than desirable journey and or destination? Will asking programs such as http://chat.openai.com/ these questions reveal reliable answers? Who's running the show, anyway? And what are their intentions? Bots are getting scary, indeed.

I stumbled across this:

@ssmith1226 said in Bots are getting scary:

https://www.ntd.com/cnets-use-of-ai-to-write-articles-sparks-concern_895653.html

"… is that it speaks with unquestioning confidence, even when it’s wrong." I think it's safe to say we all know people like this, too. Perhaps there should be an additional category called ALOI (Artificial Lack Of Intelligence).

I hear timbre and intonation changes with different valve combinations, but the timbre changes aren't enough to sound like a different horn. I just write the phenomenon off to "nature of the beast".

@discount-bassy Welcome to TrumpetBoards! You'll find learning to play the trumpet to be a challenging, rewarding, and sometimes exasperating journey. Please feel free to ask any questions or add comments as you like. You will find many helpful members here.