[hallux]

This is only my interpretation of things, but I've noticed that people who already listen to music in a way where the music is just "filling a hole" in their sonic space, where the music doesn't get the attention it deserves, where the possible lyrics aren't even paid any attention to, where the artist and the art are never even put together, making separating them from each other a moot point, tend to have a more positive view towards AI-generated music.

They don't spend time analyzing music or the lyrics of a musical piece. They aren't putting the art in the context of the life of the creator, and much less trying to understand the music. They are listening to the music for what it is to them: JUST music.

Contrast this with another way of listening to music, a way that's much closer to my heart than what's described above: imagine the music itself evokes something in you, after that so do the lyrics, after which you decide to read the liner notes, which prompts you to Google something about the artist, because what you found is so interesting that you want to try to figure out WHO is behind the music. Maybe you want to try to learn what in their life prompted them to make the music they did. You might read interviews of the artist, you might watch a documentary – you might be subjected to a totally new world-view because you are getting to know the artist.

One day you come back to the song that prompted all this, and a fragment of the lyrics reminds you of something you read about the artist and it all of a sudden something clicks and you've put the song's lyrics and meaning into a whole new context.

I don't know if I need to say this, but I don't just loathe AI-generated music; I also loathe making music just for music's sake. There's something more in good music than just the music, and I don't want a future where all that's behind the music is a pile of linear algebra.