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by si1entstill 1216 days ago
> the reason why content creators get paid is because people buy shit they don't need, and AI will amplify this much more easily than humans

Eh, I think this may be undervaluing the human part of content creation. People spend thousands of dollars for single seats at concerts because they've decided (or been told by taste-makers) that "this is what is good." I don't see that paradigm of consumption changing. I think it will vary by medium but some artistic mediums seem to really maintain a strong "creator connection." That is, a lot of the appreciation of the art seems to stem from some form of adoration for its creator. Sure, sure, "death of the artist" and all, but as you said, we need take into account the current form, not the "content creators inside a bubble."
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noduerme 1216 days ago
Most of the musicians whose tickets go for thousands of dollars these days either were hugely successful by taking risks before the rise of algorithmic taste-making (and have older, wealthier audiences) or are basically meat puppets of the ad industry whose music, clothing style, branding, attitude, play frequency on streaming services, and even ticket prices are basically hydra heads of the same giant algorithmic psy-op that generates 40 songs per genre per year... pretty much the same as the latest machine-written sloppy ballad sung by the prole washerwoman in "1984". Pointing to the current hollow shell of creative void that is the music industry just shows how AI will use human faces to trick humans into feeling something and paying for the "experience". Yes, we still have Springsteen... but there's no new Springsteen. If e.g. Adam Levine were replaced by a humanoid robot or a deepfake, would any of his fans actually notice or care?
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dragontamer 1216 days ago
> If e.g. Adam Levine were replaced by a humanoid robot or a deepfake, would any of his fans actually notice or care?

As a Hatsune Miku fan... I can say... Yes?

People have been using AI generated vocals for well over a decade. The Hatsune Miku community differentiates songs and can tell who the composers or artists are even if they're all using the same voice.

There's a pretty big difference between say... "Karakuri Pierrot" and "Senbonzakura"

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jowsie 1216 days ago
This came out recently and shows it well I feel.

2 producers, same vocal software, distinctive sounds between them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEt3RdqB9Y

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vouaobrasil 1216 days ago
That is certainly a good point, and a strong counterargument. I'll think about that.
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