I've tried using Claude for non coding problems twice in the last twenty four hours.
First, to try and diagnose or find a work around for an apparent bug in Ableton Live 12 that means, despite being able to set a drum rack preset with 12 macros, only 6 are restored if it is used as a slicing preset.
And today, asking for help having landed in Windows log in hell, bit locker keys required, pin needs resetting but cannot do so as I have MWB Windows Firewall Control blocking all connections by default until I manually change the profile.
In both examples, Sonnet seemingly knew less than I did, going off snips on the internet regarding Ableton that are probably contradictory and lacking the required level of detail. No answer, no workaround.
For Windows, it keeps offering me impossible steps mostly requiring me already to be signed in, albeit it did highlight one potential winner to delete dead PIN info via CMD. But the reality is I can do what I need via a parallel install or bootable USB toolkit.
I chose Claude because I was tired... If the option hadn't been there, I would just have got on with fixing Windows myself. And I knew I would likely need to report a bug with Abletons forum.
Instead I wasted my intelligence and time instead communicating with the LLM. It leads me to believe there is an inevitably high risk of "acquired" dependence.
And today, asking for help having landed in Windows log in hell, bit locker keys required, pin needs resetting but cannot do so as I have MWB Windows Firewall Control blocking all connections by default until I manually change the profile.
In both examples, Sonnet seemingly knew less than I did, going off snips on the internet regarding Ableton that are probably contradictory and lacking the required level of detail. No answer, no workaround.
For Windows, it keeps offering me impossible steps mostly requiring me already to be signed in, albeit it did highlight one potential winner to delete dead PIN info via CMD. But the reality is I can do what I need via a parallel install or bootable USB toolkit.
I chose Claude because I was tired... If the option hadn't been there, I would just have got on with fixing Windows myself. And I knew I would likely need to report a bug with Abletons forum.
Instead I wasted my intelligence and time instead communicating with the LLM. It leads me to believe there is an inevitably high risk of "acquired" dependence.