[jmull3n]

It can generate something well produced, but it's really bad at applying taste or direction in the way a human does.

The workflow feels wrong. it should be closer to a DAW with chat, where the model outputs stems, samples and arrangement parts instead of one finished track. Then you could target a specific sound, section or idea and actually develop it.

[filoleg]

I agree with your DAW UX suggestion very much. I think the writing is on the wall, and Suno is doing exactly that with their Suno Studio.

[mh-]

I think this wasn't done earlier because the Suno (etc.) models couldn't output stems.

They could attempt messy stem splitting like all of the other tools have done for a few years now, but those aren't really usable in a production setting beyond small samples you were already going to chop/distort.

[filoleg]

I agree, the tech was likely not there at the time.

I am not sure if it is there yet either, but imo your UX vision for it is the correct one, so if the tech is still not quite there yet, it is just a matter of time. But the AI-powered DAW UX is imo where it will eventually end up.