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by JKCalhoun 314 days ago
Well, that kind of bolsters my point though: if it sucks, hate it. Why invest so much energy and angst into whether it is AI or human?
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Because trying to understand what the artist was thinking, saying, or trying to express is pointless if there is no artist.
I was making the opposite point — if you hate it, you hate it — regardless of whether it is AI or not.

You're having a problem with liking it only to find out later it is AI?

Again, live music is the way to go then. Also, artists I like the most have a body of work that I like. If AI can fake that — create a body of work I like, cam relate to ... well, I guess I have to give credit to the machine.

Well, I can 'hate' a piece of art but still appreciate it for its artistic merits. I can't if it's just random noise applied to mimic artistry.
An interesting take. I guess I'm more shallow than that. I have to like an artist first to even be bothered to delve into the artistic merit behind their work.

I can see what you're saying though.

I'm not sure there's a point to doing that with a lot of pop music, which is often written by committee to give to a pop star whose personality and looks are likewise crafted by other committees to attract a particular audience. The point is to make a successful product. It's romantic to imagine a tortured composer who creates music to express their damaged soul to the world and the like, but that's not what most music is.
You won't be surprised if I told you I don't listen to that either.
Neither do I. Probably the bands I've fallen hardest for were R.E.M. in the mid 80's, the Pixies, the Muffs, Grandaddy…

It's frankly hard for me to imagine (perhaps either one of us) falling for an "AI artist" anyway.