Apr 4, 2023
My goal is to get someone to share what I make. Highlight a new theme each week.
Your mom is calling! Or is it? It might be a scammer. But I can help you protect yourself. Can we make the music business more sustainable? I have an interview with Kyle Carey.
This is Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories #269.
0:16 - Marc Gunn “Romulan Ale” from Sci Fi Drinking Songs
3:23 - WELCOME TO SCI FI PUB SONGS & STORIES
This is the audio edition of my newsletter. I am Marc Gunn. I’m a Rhythm & Folk Celtic musician in Atlanta. I play traditional Irish and Scottish drinking songs, but I am also a songwriter. I write songs Celtic culture and fuse them pop culture, things like Lord of the Rings, Firefly, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and more.
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5:01 - UPCOMING SHOWS
- APR 6: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert with Brobdingnagian Bards @ 7 PM CST
- APR 8-9: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
- APR 20: Cat Drinking Songs on Bandcamp @ 7 PM EST
- APR 21-23: Jordan Con, Atlanta, GA
- APR 29. The Lost Druid Earth Day Biking Concert, Avondale Estates @ 6:30-9:30 PM
- JUN 3-10: Celtic Invasion Vacations, County Mayo, Ireland
5:43 - Marc Gunn “A Well-Dressed Hobbit” from Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits
8:02 - KYLE CAREY IS MAKING MUSIC MORE SUSTAINABLE
Kyle Carey plays Gaelic Americana music. She’s originally from New Hampshire and sings songs in Irish and Scots Gaelic. Her songwriting is inspired by American and Celtic folklore.
She has a brand new Kickstarter currently running for her album, The Last Bough.
23:59 - Kyle Carey “June Day” from North Star
27:50 - SUPPORT THE THINGS YOU LOVE
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28:49 - DEFENDING YOURSELF FROM AI DEEP FAKES
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is called Akimbo. It’s by Seth Godin, a brilliant marketer and thought leader. He constantly challenges his listeners to “make things better by making better things.” That resonates with me.
One of my early Irish & Celtic Music Podcast slogans was “changing the way you hear Celtic music.” That was about improving the culture, embracing change, recognizing that our past is important but so is our future. That’s what podcasting is all about. Or it can be.
This week, Seth didn’t something intriguing. He asked ChatGPT to evaluate the functions, the future, and the problems of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. He recorded the responses…
Well, sort of.
It turned out the entire recording, except the intro, was an AI voice manipulator that sounded almost exactly like Seth Godin. There was one moment in the recording that I thought, this is kind of dry sounding. I chalked it up to ChatGPT. Little did I know, it wasn’t Seth speaking.
My mom just shared an AI scam that’s happening. I have an idea on how to fix. Thank you Harry Potter!
The scam is that an AI simulator will call you on the phone and have the same voice as someone you know. They say that they are in financial trouble. They ask for your help.
What do you do?
At some point, the simulator will be good enough to fool you. Just like Seth Godin’s podcast fooled me. We’re already there. But I immediately came up with a defense. It’s from the final books of Harry Potter.
I’ll let ChatGPT explain:
“In the final books of the Harry Potter series, Remus Lupin asked Harry Potter a question to prove that he was not an imposter. The question was: "What is the secret of the Marauder's Map?" This was a question that only the true creators of the map - Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew - would know the answer to.
Harry correctly answered that the map was activated by tapping it with one's wand and saying "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," and that it could be closed by tapping it again and saying "Mischief managed." This answer convinced Lupin that Harry was indeed who he claimed to be.”
Yeah. I was talking about it with my mom and realized this is the way we need to protect ourselves from THIS AI scam.
We ask a question that only the person we’re talking with would know the answer to.
Seems simple. But it’s a good lesson to pass on. So please please share this idea. Because at some point, you won’t be able to tell who’s real and who’s not.
Mind you, that’s not to scare you. As I said at the beginning, change is inevitable. We need to work with this bizarre new paradigm. As Seth Godin’s podcast points out, it can be beneficial or it can be hurtful. We have the power to choose and to make change. So let’s do something for the better.
Oh and if you want some more thoughts on ChatGPT by Andrew McKee and me. We did a great podcast on it on the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast.
37:47 - Marc Gunn “The Long Arm” from As Long As I’m Flyin’
39:33 - CREDITS
Thanks for listening to Sci Fi Pub Songs & Stories. The show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. The show was edited by Mitchell Petersen with graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs.
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