Artificial lack of intelligence?

[tcabot]

I assume that the really fancy box being played against the backdrop of the setting sun in this advert is just some "AI"-generated nonsense, but it sure looks great.

They say that AI is coming to get everyone's jobs but at this rate we're still a few decades away from being replaced by robots.

 

[murathan]

A.I. is a part of getting "replaced by robots". Many jobs are already replaced by digital systems. The A.I. makes that further for a thinking robot, making the abilities of a robot to every job you can imagine. Evolution process in real life takes at least thousands of years while time factor is almost instant in modern advanced computers. When something is about to start to change peoples lives, they open these free to make people used to, to make more acceptable the change.

 

[Tom]

Fortunately not enough of us play accordion for the AI to come for our jobs.

 

[SteveBox]

That is the mental image inside the mind of the non-player who is frightened by the mere thought of learning how to play "all those buttons".

There are two sides to every coin. If we are to have Artificial Intelligence, then don't we also need Artificial Stupidity? I think that picture qualifies as the latter.

 

[belsmith]

That guy is just trying to hold on to it, let alone play it!

 

[Accordion Eric]

At least the AI got the right amount of fingers this time, but those thumbs look real long.

 

[Dingo40]

Looks like a finto PA

 

[debra]

I tend to call it AS, for Artificial Stupidity.
All such generated images I have seen so far get the layout of both the treble and bass sides wrong.

 

[dak]

A severe case of accordion acne. You should not press those buttons or it may leave scarring and only more will turn up.

 

[tcabot]

but those thumbs look real long.

After many years of playing scales, the hand of a PA player mutates (evolves ) to develop extra long thumbs.

For a professional 3-row CBA player it's a lot worse than that!

 

[Tom]

Yeah, we’re still working on it. It’s getting closer. Much better than when I started and I am using a very primitive (spelled “free”) generator. I talk to my daughter about how she uses AI in her job. I could have saved a lot of time in mine with judicious use of AI. Yes, it will replace some jobs, no doubt. But I would worry more about other human failings first, like invading armies. Now there is some serious job loss. Technology always replaces jobs. Talk to any old handmade reed maker….

Remember, this is a “painting,” it’s not supposed to be “real.” Kind of like a Roland.

Just saying.

 

[Tom]

Based on Walkers ask, and not to foul up the other thread, I decided to chef up a fantastical imagination of our baroque man working on his

Ever thought about adding Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor to your accordion repertoire?

With his equal temperament converter accordion.

 

[Aaron]

How are these people playing without straps?

 

[debra]

I always refer to it as AS: Artificial Stupidity.
AI learns from huge collections of rubbish found on Internet. And as you probably know: garbage in, garbage out.

 

[tcabot]

How are these people playing without straps?

Straps only exist to restrain your creativity!

 

[Tom]

It’s fun! It’s entertaining! Who cares? How often do you get to experience the change and development of such a giant cultural phenomenon? (Both for good and evil). But to diss the whole technology because it missed a strap or made 4 fingered hands would be like dissing a digital….never mind

 

[murathan]

Our Johann was a genius but looked like this with a lot of stink

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[SteveBox]

How are these people playing without straps?

And those keyboards are a little funky.

 

[Tom]

And those keyboards are a little funky.

…..and J S probably didn’t have glasses like that!

 

[KiwiSqueezer]

Well, we can all see that the AI images are impressive, but fundamentally wrong. We are familiar with a range of 'correct' outputs. However, most of us wouldn't immediately recognise an AI's protein-folding suggestion as wrong - or right. The problem is so complex that the protein structure presumably has to be taken on trust - at least at present.

AI doesn't (yet) have understanding, so it doesn't recognise its mistakes. The algorithms employed are far too complex for humans to understand, so it's often difficult for humans to understand how, why or where a complex algorithmic system made an error. The danger is where AI-generated results are believed by humans, and are implemented in areas where error can't be tolerated. Especially in novel areas of activity, it may be impossible for a human to recognise that the AI output is garbage, and also impossible to 'trouble-shoot' the system to prevent similar, future errors. I'm in no hurry to be driven by an AI-controlled vehicle, when anticipation and experienced judgement are vital and can save lives.