AI analysis

This is frightening. For most guitarists, teaching is how they make their living. 

Hi Jeffrey,

I do not use AI but it is something that interests me only because I really cannot see that AI does any good. Maybe I am wrong but I don't see how an inanimate object can observe and critique a musical performance in an objective manner. It does not have a natural ear and having an ear for music is what humans develop and that ear is responsible for the creation of interesting and beautiful sound.  AI has a history of being sycophantic telling you what you want to hear. Which is another reason not to trust AI. 

Cheers

Michelle

I have to admit I was very skeptical about the use of AI in this context, but after reading the feedback Jeffrey received, I'm pretty impressed. It's a lot more detailed than I would have expected. Some questioned whether the feedback and analysis were all correct, but isn't that the case with all commentary we receive? Whether it's about interpretation, technique, or theory, I think it's a mistake not to evaluate what we're told. Even if it's good advice, it's not beneficial if we don't truly understand it. If we only wanted feedback from the most authoritative sources, then there'd be no reason to play for family, friends, guitar groups, etc. We get feedback from a diverse group with different tastes, experience, and skill levels, so maybe this is the same sort of thing. Someone mentioned it being sycophantic, but aside from my teachers, there was more constructive criticism in this AI response than I've EVER received from guitar groups, in the challenges here, or in the old two-week intensives we used to do.  

My only question is whether this feedback is generic or if it is reflective of what was actually played. If it's just general information plucked from around the web, then it's only mildly useful, like reading an article about the piece, but if it's truly representative of what was played, then it could be a helpful tool in addition to everything else we use.