As a firm believer in the philosophy that the best way to truly understand something is through hands-on experience, I’ve embarked on a series of experiments to explore the capabilities of artificial intelligence tools. Here, you’ll find details of a few AI projects I’ve undertaken recently and what I have learned about the potential of this transformative technology.
| Using ChatGPT4.0, I asked the tool to create a javascript version of hangman, however I asked it to replace the hangman imagery with a sci-fi theme. ChatGPT picked the theme of an alien invasion. The coding took five iterations to get something functional, with a majority of the issues centering around an unusable UI. The work around for this was to be very specific in the prompt regarding what I expected. For example, Including within the prompt to ”the screen should update dynamically as the user plays to indicate which letters have been guessed previously “. The graphical representation of the alien invasion missed the mark a bit, but I thought it was funny and did not ask the AI to correct. | Demo |
| Using ChatGPT3.5, I asked the the tool to create a music theory reference website to allow users to quickly calculate first inversion chord spelling of popular chord progressions (i.e. I IV, V) using various keys (i.e. A, C, G#) and mode/scales (i.e. Major, Minor, Dorian). Through ~15 iterations I was able to get the AI to generate a functional and “clean” interface for this reference tool, however the accuracy was way off. Using ChatGPT 4.0 I was able to create a much more reliable reference page in only 4 iterations. The only thing I needed to manually correct on my own was an alignment of the modal windows. In the GPT only version the piano keys were spaced awkwardly. | Demo |
| I was speaking with a eurorack module manufacturer when an idea for a new module occured to me. As I was explaining the concept to him, I wondered if it would be possible to use ChatGPT 4.0 to rapidly build a prototype. After many failed attempts, this prompt proved successful. “Could you create a single file website utilizing HTML, CSS, javascript, and Web Audio API to create an interactive tool that to demonstrate subtractive synthesis? Here are the elements I would like for you to include: – An 8 step sequencer where the user can set the pitch, velocity, and turn on or off each step individually. The pitch value should be set via a drop down where the values correspond to pitches on a piano with a two olive range. The velocity should be controlled with a slider and should include a label indicating the current set value. The sequencer should be across the top of the page and be as wide as possible. – Three oscillators. The user should be able to set the wave form (sine, square, triangle, sawtooth) and the volume independently for each oscillator. The user can turn the volume level to zero if they don’t want to hear a particular oscillator. These settings should be grouped together in a box somewhere below the step sequencer. – There should be a slider for setting the tempo. This should update a label which displays the tempo setting in BPM. The range for this slider should be between 60 BPM and 300 BPM. This setting should be in it’s own box somewhere below the step sequencer. – In a box at the very bottom of the page should be five buttons, “start” to start the sequencer. “Stop” to stop the sequencer. “Randomize” to randomize all possible settings, a “reset” which both stops the sequencer and resets all settings to their default settings, and a help button which opens a modal window providing instructions on how to use this website. – The title of the page should be “simple Euphonica Demo” – All settings, such as sliders, should have corresponding labels to indicate the current setting. – The site should have a clean modern look, with different colors for each section. -I want you to generate a fully functional website with all the features listed above. Do not leave any javascript or other code unfinished. “ | Demo |