ChatGPT not quite as indie as me
Here’s an inlay card I’ve just found for a mixtape I made at the end of 1992/start of 1993. I would have bought some of these on CD single, others I would have recorded from the radio (almost certainly Gary Crowley’s Sunday show on GLR). Haven’t found the tape yet …
I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to transcribe this – it’s very good for doing this with text input, but obviously its OCR is not quite so good. It’s given me a *completely different* mixtape:
ChatGPT:
This image appears to be of a handwritten or printed list of tracks on a mixtape. I’ll transcribe the tracklist for you and then take a guess at when this mixtape might have been made.
Tracklist:
Side A
Rocket from the Crypt – On a Rope
Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
Nirvana – Blew
Radiohead – Creep
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Pixies – Debaser
Smashing Pumpkins – Today
Pulp – Babies
Blur – Girls & Boys
The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
Oasis – Supersonic
Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
Side B
Morrissey – Everyday is Like Sunday
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television
Stone Roses – Fools Gold
Placebo – Nancy Boy
Supergrass – Alright
The Verve – Lucky Man
REM – Losing My Religion
Garbage – Stupid Girl
Portishead – Glory Box
Beck – Loser
Green Day – Basket Case
I thought I’d ask ChatGPT when it was made too:
This selection strongly features iconic alternative and Britpop tracks from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. Based on the tracklist, I’d estimate this mixtape was made around 1996-1998, when Britpop was at its peak and grunge/alternative rock remained highly popular. Let me know if this matches your memory!
Glad to say that AI not quite ready to take over the world and destroy mankind just yet.
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