04-24-2026, 10:00 AM
We're trending!
That's either good or bad, depending on how you look at it...
AI is very interesting... on the one hand, it took my voiceover career. I used to record sponsor announcements for the drag races we produced at my old job. Spent a weekend in the empty office with a microphone and recording software, burned a CD, and had the track announcer play it during down-time on the track. At the job I just left, when we started producing events, we needed sponsor announcements. Someone who knew I did recordings suggested that I do them. The I.T. guy said "Sounds like a good idea." He then had me speak in my "announcer voice" for two minutes while he recorded me. He then uploaded the text of all of the announcements, and in seconds, they were all recorded, in my voice. Creepy...
On the other hand, it's a problem solver. Last week, when Blood Bike #3 wouldn't respond to throttle input, I visted the boss' office on my way back from delivering with Superbird. I told him about the problem the BMW had. He went to Chat GPT and said "2016 BMW R1200RT in limp-mode, not reponding to throttle input". Within seconds, it spat out a list of likely causes, number one being a loose throttle cable connection. I went home, jiggled the throttle wire, and sure enough, it had backed out of the connector. Pushed it back in, and the bike was fine.
That's either good or bad, depending on how you look at it...
AI is very interesting... on the one hand, it took my voiceover career. I used to record sponsor announcements for the drag races we produced at my old job. Spent a weekend in the empty office with a microphone and recording software, burned a CD, and had the track announcer play it during down-time on the track. At the job I just left, when we started producing events, we needed sponsor announcements. Someone who knew I did recordings suggested that I do them. The I.T. guy said "Sounds like a good idea." He then had me speak in my "announcer voice" for two minutes while he recorded me. He then uploaded the text of all of the announcements, and in seconds, they were all recorded, in my voice. Creepy...
On the other hand, it's a problem solver. Last week, when Blood Bike #3 wouldn't respond to throttle input, I visted the boss' office on my way back from delivering with Superbird. I told him about the problem the BMW had. He went to Chat GPT and said "2016 BMW R1200RT in limp-mode, not reponding to throttle input". Within seconds, it spat out a list of likely causes, number one being a loose throttle cable connection. I went home, jiggled the throttle wire, and sure enough, it had backed out of the connector. Pushed it back in, and the bike was fine.
You know what? I actually would like a pickle.