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by 411111111111111 1398 days ago
Let's be realistic here. Hatsune Miku was created before 2010. While I dislike the genre, they've completely sold out all tickets to these festivals where "she" "performed".

You're really not thinking it through if you think any genre isn't going to fundamentally change once the industry starts to push virtual artists. They can be perfect and relatable to teenagers. You really don't need physical people to pull off a good festival, a well orchestrated 3d avatar is likely even better because they can be bigger and seen from the back
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ehnto 1398 days ago
Hatsune Miku kind of helps my argument here, because they still needed a personified identity for the music even though none of it's real. So then we ask, if Hatsune Miku could be manifested into the real world, do you not think their fans would be absolutely ecstatic? Behold, humans, the solution to that problem.

I know it's possible to get some people excited about an avatar, but I'm going to argue that the vast majority of people would prefer humans for as long as they can get them.

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411111111111111 1398 days ago
You might want to check out a Hatsune Miku concert on YouTube because humans are actually entirely redundant if you can just generate the song. (You'll probably want to mute the audio though, otherwise your ears might start to bleed)

There is a 3d avatar dancing on the floor. The holographic technology in the context of concerts is incredible at this point.

As a matter of fact, its likely going to be in favour of AI if you consider VR headset etc, as the coming generations will be able to interact with the virtual artists, giving the producer am even easier time to get money from the consumers.

I'm not looking forward to that future to be honest.

Example: https://youtu.be/PlQIdq5mv_k

/Edit: After thinking about it some more: I think I agree that the potential music generation isn't going to change anything by itself. It's just another building block that will enable the music industry to eventually remove real humans from the equation. while we're slowly progressing on that path, the music generation alone won't push us to the logical conclusion.

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