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by zarzavat 1127 days ago
This strikes me as the wrong approach. What is the end goal here? To have an AI black box that spits out an infinite stream of music? I don’t think people are going to be excited by music that has no human in the loop, nor any connection to the physical world.

We are already drowning in music, you can turn on Spotify and have enough music to fill a lifetime. Yet new music is still being produced, why? Because music is ultimately a psychological experience, the human connection is a not-insubstantial part of the experience.

There’s a place for AI in music but it has to be white box, there needs to be scope for a human to jump in there, modify things, and make it their own. Otherwise, who will care?

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For many genres of music I like, it did a terrific job. I could listen to a few hours of this Chinese instrumental music Electronic remix.

And an infinite stream of music is exactly what I want. I don't want to curate or search. I want to feel and ask and get.

We already have infinite streams of Seinfeld