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bjelkeman-again 5 hours ago [-]
Even better: pick up Rocksmith, or one of the many clones being built by people using <ghasp> LLMs, and learn to play a real guitar.
I did, and I now play bass in a hardrock/metall band. One of my guitarist started with guitar hero, moved on to Rocksmith, and here we are. Band practice tonight for a gig at one of the best little music venues in Stockholm, Sweden next month. (Which I am arranging.) Good things come from doing fun things.
wodenokoto 4 hours ago [-]
Went to the website and I still don't really understand what it is, other than "learn to play the guitar/bass/keyboard for free", which can be a million things.
I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? How? If not, how can it give me feedback? If I don't use a real instrument, then what?
happymellon 4 hours ago [-]
Rocksmith requires a dongle to connect your guitar to the USB.
Hamuko 3 hours ago [-]
>I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC?
I use Yousician on my Mac to learn the guitar and the bass, and you just connect your instrument via an audio interface to the computer, and it gets your playing from that. I use a fourth-generation Scarlett Solo as my interface. I presume the Rocksmith dongle is ultimately just an audio interface too. Probably a pretty cheap one too.
happymellon 4 hours ago [-]
Oh, is Rocksmith now using LLMs?
It's been around since 2011 so for the majority of its life its not been that.
poloniculmov 3 hours ago [-]
no, there's slopsmith, which is a vibe-coded alternative that's been embraced by the rocksmith community. It's turning into what everybody hoped Rocksmith+ will be.
Not everybody wants to learn to play a real guitar though. I play Guitar Hero for fun and entertainment as she clearly states in her post. It's literally just a game and it never pretends to be a way to learn how to play a real guitar. And when I've played it for a few weeks, I can put it down and play another game from my massive collection without the guilt associated with buying a guitar and the USB interface needed for Rocksmith and feeling like I've abandoned yet another hobby. Guitar Hero is guilt-free fun. That's valuable in itself.
hrunt 5 hours ago [-]
These two articles remind me of the old Point/Counterpoint from the Onion[0]. I feel like someone wrote the first article so they could write the second as a bit of absurdity.
Back before my interview with Google, I was super nervous, so I played guitar hero for a few hours in the morning before going down to Mountain View for the interview.
It worked, I needed something to take my mind off of the CLR algo book I had been cramming to re-remember things forgotten. Fun times!
Kim_Bruning 42 minutes ago [-]
I've now seen some actual high-effort high-skill applications of AI tools starting to emerge. So, it's not ALL low skill. But the bottom rung of the ladder is very easy to reach, and it seems pretty much everyone has a "slop generation phase" besides.
I surmise that most people don't show you their slop/practice work, else the world would already be drowning as is. The few that actually do put their bad early work out there dominate the landscape though.
It turns out that some people get past the practice stage. Maybe most, eventually, hopefully?
Ouman 4 hours ago [-]
A lot of the tension around generative AI comes from the fact that the abstraction layer is often presented as interchangeable with the underlying craft
happymellon 3 hours ago [-]
Presumably in the same manner that I didn't play Celeste to become good at mountain climbing...
p0w3n3d 3 hours ago [-]
Guitar hero was amazing. I wonder if it is possible to still buy the gear
spicyjpeg 20 minutes ago [-]
The wiki of Guitar Hero simulator Clone Hero has extensive information on controllers [1]. Some of them can still be purchased brand new but overall the most popular option seems to be to acquire (and sometimes modify) a used first-party controller from back in the day, as the quality of newly manufactured guitars can be inconsistent given the lack of demand.
You may also consider trying out other rhythm games such as the home versions of Beatmania IIDX [2], Sound Voltex [3] or Taiko no Tatsujin, for which high-quality arcade accurate controllers are readily available brand new (if somewhat expensive). There are plenty of modern titles that are playable with nothing more than a keyboard and mouse as well, so you are spoiled for choice if you are not looking for a Guitar-Hero-like experience specifically.
At some point, the rabid anti-generative AI crowd becomes tiring. This is extremely masturbatory and very intellectually lazy piece of writing whose only purpose is to raise cheers from the same echo chamber an author is in.
otabdeveloper4 4 hours ago [-]
It's a reaction. Nobody would be "anti-AI" if AI wasn't being shoved into everything while at the same time shaming you like you're stupid for not enjoying literal slop.
foo12bar 3 hours ago [-]
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happymellon 3 hours ago [-]
I do, and I deal with it all the time.
Sometimes I get code handed to review that has to same variables set multiple times, additional classes/methods/functions added that aren't used, and when questioned I get a shrug as a response.
Slop.
Sometimes they review it and tidy before handing it over. Much like although we have printing presses, hopefully someone reviews it to make sure that they actually printed square on the page.
Not slop.
The problem is that we have lazy people and mandatory LLM usage has forced us to confront these people that don't even proof what they write. Before they would just hide in the background and not do anything.
Literal slop.
foo12bar 3 hours ago [-]
No, this isn't what I mean. What does the word "literal" mean to you?
Because to me it means the opposite of figurative.
Ex., if I say "It literally costs an arm and a leg", that means I'm really paying in body parts.
Or if I say "Your book bag literally weighs a ton", it means I'm saying it's actually 2000 lbs. and would take heavy machinery to lift it.
Or in this case, you are saying the "slop" program or code somehow actually transformed into some mystery food melted into a gelatinous dish when you add "literal" to it.
I did, and I now play bass in a hardrock/metall band. One of my guitarist started with guitar hero, moved on to Rocksmith, and here we are. Band practice tonight for a gig at one of the best little music venues in Stockholm, Sweden next month. (Which I am arranging.) Good things come from doing fun things.
I assume you use a real instrument to play the game, but how? Do I connect my guitar to my PC? How? If not, how can it give me feedback? If I don't use a real instrument, then what?
I use Yousician on my Mac to learn the guitar and the bass, and you just connect your instrument via an audio interface to the computer, and it gets your playing from that. I use a fourth-generation Scarlett Solo as my interface. I presume the Rocksmith dongle is ultimately just an audio interface too. Probably a pretty cheap one too.
It's been around since 2011 so for the majority of its life its not been that.
The project got renamed after a DMCA takedown.
Yeah, some are looking really good!
[0]https://theonion.com/opinion/point-counterpoint/
Back before my interview with Google, I was super nervous, so I played guitar hero for a few hours in the morning before going down to Mountain View for the interview.
It worked, I needed something to take my mind off of the CLR algo book I had been cramming to re-remember things forgotten. Fun times!
I surmise that most people don't show you their slop/practice work, else the world would already be drowning as is. The few that actually do put their bad early work out there dominate the landscape though.
It turns out that some people get past the practice stage. Maybe most, eventually, hopefully?
You may also consider trying out other rhythm games such as the home versions of Beatmania IIDX [2], Sound Voltex [3] or Taiko no Tatsujin, for which high-quality arcade accurate controllers are readily available brand new (if somewhat expensive). There are plenty of modern titles that are playable with nothing more than a keyboard and mouse as well, so you are spoiled for choice if you are not looking for a Guitar-Hero-like experience specifically.
[1] https://wiki.clonehero.net/books/guitars-drums-controllers/p...
[2] https://iidx.org/
[3] https://sdvx.org/
Sometimes I get code handed to review that has to same variables set multiple times, additional classes/methods/functions added that aren't used, and when questioned I get a shrug as a response.
Slop.
Sometimes they review it and tidy before handing it over. Much like although we have printing presses, hopefully someone reviews it to make sure that they actually printed square on the page.
Not slop.
The problem is that we have lazy people and mandatory LLM usage has forced us to confront these people that don't even proof what they write. Before they would just hide in the background and not do anything.
Literal slop.
Because to me it means the opposite of figurative.
Ex., if I say "It literally costs an arm and a leg", that means I'm really paying in body parts.
Or if I say "Your book bag literally weighs a ton", it means I'm saying it's actually 2000 lbs. and would take heavy machinery to lift it.
Or in this case, you are saying the "slop" program or code somehow actually transformed into some mystery food melted into a gelatinous dish when you add "literal" to it.