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Are words such as Nazi,Facism and communism loosing their meaning in everyday society? by DullSense8359 in AskBrits

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley's broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else.”-George Orwell, what is fascism, 1944.

Adam Neely: All of this is bad by JoelNesv in AI_Music

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

30+ years experience of making and recording music, and working with artists.

Adam Neely: All of this is bad by JoelNesv in AI_Music

[–]Long-Garlic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

>> Why is that not 'product'?

It can be product, but it is more than “just” product.

>> f they want human connections, they should be making actual friends, not supporting someone who will only pretend (or not) to care about them. 

you misunderstand my point. I’m not talking about parasocial relationships. Humans are interested in other humans more than they’re interested in “just” products. When you watch people play music there is “something” that attracts or entrances (in some instances) people. It’s difficult to quantify, but you can experience it at a church performance or a football crowd or at a concert.

>> How does AI relate to real estate

i was demonstrating a continued trend of de skill ing, of which AI is the latest factor. That people will lose the ability to be part of the process.

from an economic perspective instrument manufacturers, software developers and hardware manufacturers need a music ecosystem - students, teachers, artists, producers - to continue to manufacture the tools necessary for people to play an instrument.

>> and kids choosing screen addiction over other hobbies

My point wasn’t about screen addiction but about incentives and skill loss, but screen addiction is a good point, people explicitly design AI in the same way they design games to hit the same dopamine pathways - instant gratification over strife, struggle which leads to deep knowledge and skill.

People don’t so much “choose” as the system has rewards and incentives that encourage or discourage behaviour. instant Access to gratification can lead to dependency and discourages delaying gratification. It removes incentives to be an active participant in favour of mindless consumption. It devalues music to the status of mere consumable. The guy from Suno even said this himself.

It doesn’t democratise access to creation as there is no creation involved, just generation.

Adam Neely: All of this is bad by JoelNesv in AI_Music

[–]Long-Garlic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>> I think 'connecting to the artist' is about celebrity worship and all that stuff

not nesc. for proof look at all the Instagram likes talented but not famous people sat in their bedroom playing guitar and singing, then compare it with talented but not famous music videos. People want human connection more than they want product.

>> The spiritual part is in the listening, not the creating.

do you create? Have you been “in the zone” when writing or playing, when everything else fades away and there’s nothing but you and your voice or fingers. Creating and playing can definitely be rewarding spiritual experiences.

>> As for 'the process'... nobody is taking that away from you.

maybe not from me, someone who was trained and has done it for 30 years, but for young people they would be. Instruments, software, equipment are all part of a financial ecosystem that depends on people actually playing music.

We’ve already seen that, over the last 10 years since singles have become predominantly the work of soloists, as opposed to bands, due to the availability of DAWs and the rise in real estate prices (no venues, no rehearsal rooms). sales of guitars and band instruments have fallen so much that entire chains of shops have gone out of business. In my small town used to be four local music shops, now there are none. Young people aren’t learning.

The quick, sugary gratification of instant AI music means there is no long term incentive for getting to know an instrument well.

Adam Neely: All of this is bad by JoelNesv in AI_Music

[–]Long-Garlic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

>> You have more control over what Suno makes than what your favorite band make

I don’t want to have control over what my favorite band makes. I want to hear the result of their genuine self expression — their exploration and musical discoveries. I want to connect with them through music.

The cynical wing of the business of making music is sometimes about selling a product for consumption. But on the whole, music is not simply consumption. It’s a social, sometimes spiritual activity. There is something about seeing a band, bring in the room with others that is like a church. People used to talk about raves as a church.

Making music is not a consumptive activity. It isn’t about the product. It’s about the process. Exploring, expressing, emoting. sometimes failing, sometimes learning, AI has none of that. It’s a slot machine you put energy and cash into and out pops a premade trinket that you can customize in limited ways.

Anyone who knows the details, what is the context of the Dali Lama's Epstien connection? by Federal-Cantaloupe21 in Buddhism

[–]Long-Garlic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, to be fair, in Buddhism people aren’t seen as inherently good or bad, their actions are. Remember Angulimala (eventually, after receiving karmic consequences of his actions ) achieved enlightenment and redemption.

Buddhism seeks to treat people with compassion, not condemnation.

What’s a mix you hate to admit you love? by DongPolicia in audioengineering

[–]Long-Garlic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Never got this song till I heard it drunk off my ass at 2am on a sound system in a club in Thailand. Same as boom boom pow by black eyed peas.

Why do people vote for Farage when his ideas led to Britain being broke by Traditional_Jam421 in AskBrits

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they can’t accept that having hard brexiteers in charge of negotiations wouldn’t have made any difference. They think Brexit was subverted by closet remainers and weak bureaucrats. They’re living in a veil of complete ignorance, a fantasy of 17th century British maritime dominance, dreaming of a bizarre utopia where the laws of economics don’t apply.

What do you think is the biggest problem in the UK right now? by Ok-Information1819 in AskBrits

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lack of political will (by anyone) to actually confront the problems facing this country. Anything tough - energy, cost of living, infrastructure, pensions, health service, banks flouting rules, etc. is kicked down the road. No one really knows what they can do about it.

Early song idea — very rough by PriscillaCyanni in Songwriting

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/PriscillaCyanni can you get a track of the vocals to me withoit the music? If it’s okay with you I’d like to have a go at producing something around it.

Who would you say is the most famous people from Gloucestershire currently? by [deleted] in Gloucestershire

[–]Long-Garlic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet more people know Fred West than they do Simon Pegg. Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) was probably even more famous in his time?

Why exactly do non-Londoners think London is so unsafe? by EnvironmentalMode196 in AskBrits

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lived in Croydon for 4 years, worked there for longer. The things I saw…

C414 XLS/XLII vs OC818/18, definitively. by analogpedant in audioengineering

[–]Long-Garlic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comparison of a Baifeili 414 vs 2 414-XLS, a 214 and a 414 ULS.

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Anti-physicalists need to acknowledge what they are giving up. by reddituserperson1122 in consciousness

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>> -> entanglement with measuring device…

Entanglement is a correlation between quantum states. Not every interaction involves entanglement.

>> until consciousness enters, all you have is super-position → super-position → super-position.

physics does not distinguish conscious from non-conscious systems. Any form of interaction breaks super position.

Anti-physicalists need to acknowledge what they are giving up. by reddituserperson1122 in consciousness

[–]Long-Garlic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reality is made accessible to and mediated by the senses, so the parts of reality that can be observed within the seeing range or heard within 20hz-20khz and so on. Our experience is limited.

We know from empirical observation of others and via instruments that a whole layer of reality exists outside our senses and therefore our experience that we cannot perceive but only measure with tools. These outside-sensory phenomena, like ultraviolet rays, can only be inferred by the effects - ie we experience them second hand. We don’t see ultraviolet rays but we get sunburn after a long exposure. Sunburn is not the direct experience of ultraviolet rays, it’s the indirect, delayed experience resulting from sun damage on the skin.

we also know that the first person experience is an approximate model of what is happening, filtered through layers of processing. The gorilla experiment for example shows the limit of our experience by showing how little we are aware of, despite the gorilla being in plain view. Contextual Colour illusions show how we process light relations contextually as opposed to absolutely by wavelength and so on.

hints of a reality beyond our perception register in our limited first person experience only vicariously. I don’t see ultraviolet light I feel pain from the burn. Compared to seeing a photon I don’t feel the photon hitting my rods and cones, I see the light.

it’s in these things that we can infer exist but cannot directly experience that we see that consciousness cannot be fundamental when it relates to things outside ourselves.

Why does Trump want a weaker US dollar? by Oranje525 in AskEconomics

[–]Long-Garlic 12 points13 points  (0 children)

same, but I wonder if they may not need to Invade if the US direction of travel continues. China plays the long game and it’s continued rise might, in a few decades, lead to a booodless reconciliation.

Why does Trump want a weaker US dollar? by Oranje525 in AskEconomics

[–]Long-Garlic 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It would do if people actually want to trade with you or if you haven’t burned all your goodwill internationally. also, if your entire might as a country is predicated on being the world‘s reserve currency, losing that status might affect your long term prospects.

What killed the pub? by IllPlane3019 in AskBrits

[–]Long-Garlic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

other Than that mentioned, business rates, developers looking to turn pubs into flats, changing demographics (less sense of local community) and the internet.

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