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Well, I just made Grand Master somehow, clearly not for my bass playing. Is it a coincidence that it’s also my birthday?

Phenomenal back catalogue (on guitar as well) and overall contribution. I think she also still does online tuition. What an underrated artist, and seemingly without huge ego problems.

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.

What year is it supposed to be? The decal with the offset part on the ball of the headstock was done from 1964-1968 I think. . The combination of this type of decal with clover tuners could only be a '68 I think, if authentic. Usually of the ones with the older logo have lollipops though, and the later '68s TV logo with clover tuners. But as it's Fender, there can always be a few that we're assembled in between transition. Pickguard doesn't look authentic at first sight

This.

Agreed. This and the inevitable media hype and associated stock market frenzy. One of my biggest concerns about AI other than the potential job losses is entering the a Kafkaesque world of utter babble. Phone based support has declined after covid for a lot of organisations and replaced by email. This is for sales, IT support, customer service etc. Email responses from a human are slow and inefficient compared with a phone call but when the response comes via AI we’re going to end up in a world of pain. There are limitations with a lot of the current AI systems already even if they are implemented correctly. When they are simply shoehorned in as a knee jerk reaction the end user experience will be horrible. Technology should be able to do some of the heavy lifting to make organisations more efficient. What it shouldn’t do is cut down a workforce at the expense of the customer experience. Technology is literally driving the population mad. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

Dumb. Nirvana

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

One of the biggest challenges is that heads of organisations get wind of whatever buzzwords are flavour of the month and start demanding IT departments introduce it into the company. They don’t really know anything about the technology or it’s variants nor what specific problems they are trying to solve but want AI or Cloud or feckkng RoboGubbinBiscuits and frequently bypass their internal IT teams seeing out “experts” (snake oil salesmen) to deliver the solution to the problem they haven’t yet identified. Can you imagine this in any other industry? Hello BigBuild inc were all extremely excited about RoboBlocks and how it can help in our new office block. Here’s a fat blank check.

I’m in the ‘jacket covering the headstock’ camp I’m afraid 🙂. Si

Bright Side Of The Road - Van Morrison

And I thought I’d sussed it , and suitably edited

Just woke up but at first glance: New looking neck with block inlays and a '64 or earlier decal = nope. 60s tuners? Nope. Original era pickguard? Nope. The body looks nice but wary of it all now to be honest.

It's not about legally wriggling out of it, it's about recognising what is right and wrong. Illegally using someone else's trademarked property is wrong, in fact it's theft. Think about the forward ramifications of accepting this now as 'just a bit of fun'... it will normalise that thought process and when AI expands to start impacting you personally, for instance you being made redundant and your job going to AI (or someone you know), then it will be your acceptance of this that paved the way for that. AI is devaluing humanity under the guise of it all being just a bit of fun. It's also hugely preventative in the growth of real art and skills like graphic design. I personally know at least 3 people that have had to take up second 'unskilled' jobs just to keep afloat due to the impact of this kind of AI on their industry. Also, using an AI engine to justify the use of AI infringing on IP is, to say the least, ironic and I'd say very much confirms the above!

Traded compressors with Jim - great transaction as always - top fella too!

I have a 1985 Jaydee Supernatural II and im wondering how the newer Jaydee basses compare to the older ones? Does anyone have experience with both?