Is AI going to kill Hifi?

...and then there's the Lotus Eaters, thank you Homer.....😏

Viewing the promos of the cruise ships brings to mind the Axiom of WALL-E, but glitzed out.  A floating Dizzyland, Vegas afloat the largest drink.

An exercise in how much sh*t you can make float?

Just another gaggle out to see them there feren places.....
Awhile back read how, if you wore a shirt referencing CA could let the locals give you a pass....that's likely over...in both places...😣

Ultimately, we're all visitors for a span, then gone back to what we were.
And the 'theme park' seems destined for a major remodel on all the rides, the food stands, and the HVAC...water....sewage....

...and all that microplastic.....like syrup.....

...tourists...

...and nowhere....

@sns - thanks for your explanation of the white lotus in Buddhism and your interpretation of various things in the series. 

tony1954

 "AI isn't the end of civilization. Unscrupulous people using AI is the end of civilization." 

Of course they will. What would stop them? What ever has?

Hi-fi is already dead.

As for AI, I spent decades in software development and the last two years studying AI. The vast majority of people, including many software developers, don't understand the magnitude of how the world is about to change. If they start referencing what AI does now, or using historical timelines to predict its slow advancement, you know they don't understand AI from a technical perspective. AI's advancement is exponential, not linear.

In just a few years the vast majority of music will be generated. Musicians and studios will not be needed. The musical instrument market will massively shrink and along with it some interest in non-Pop music. As for higher-end home audio equipment, the market is too small to redevelop it with AI, so I doubt if it will change.

But that's small potatoes. Our whole economic structure is about to change, and therefore our whole societal structure. I think audio equipment will be the least of our concerns.