[userbinator]

That's actually how I fell down the rabbithole --- found these long mixes and started listening, enjoyed what I heard, then tried to find out more about the author and realised it was AI-generated.

People praising it in the comments seem none the wiser (or perhaps they're also bots).

I admit to leaving praise on some of them, because they do sound really good, much better than what I thought AI music could be. Someone is creating music I like, and how they do it doesn't really matter; and in some ways, this makes it much easier to "separate the art from the artist".

[stingraycharles]

Yeah, I had the same experience, and it makes sense for companies like Spotify. I do hope that this doesn’t hinder “innovation” in music (eg people being creative and introducing new types of music), because as usual with AI, it’s just really good at imitation, not necessarily creating new things.

To be honest, as long as the music is to my liking, I don’t really care all that much.

[littlecranky67]

One of my favorite dialogues from Westworld [0] is such a perfect fit for the whole creative AI industry discussion:

Are you real? - If you can't tell, does it matter?

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaahx4hMxmw

[14]

It also seems that there is a big percentage of people who are completely against AI music for a multitude of reasons. Even if they liked the sound they would still hate it if it was AI generated.

But to me this seems silly. Yes I want real artists to make music and be able to make a living not some faceless company spitting out endless music until something works. However at the end of the day if something sounds good then one should enjoy it not refuse to accept it simply because it is AI.

Because how far does their stance against AI go? They won't accept music. What about if AI created a cure that could save their child? Or what if AI could could sort through a massive backlog of evidence in unsolved murders and other violent crimes giving new leads previously missed? I am just curious if some people will simply be against it no matter what the use is. As for myself I think it has it's uses but also think it comes at a heavy price as in massive power and water consumption and other issues it comes with. Anyways

[abenga]

It's not created any cure or solved crime though. The times it's been applied to those problems, it's either regurgitated stuff that's already in the data or led to the arrest of innocent people.

Also, re: music, if I was fine with listening to AI music, why would I listen to the output of someone else's prompt instead of creating my own?

[userbinator]

why would I listen to the output of someone else's prompt instead of creating my own?

Because you might not be as good as someone else in doing it, just like it was before AI. "Why would I listen to the output of someone else's piano instead of playing it on my own?"

[dahrkael]

because the other people may write better prompts than you

[toraway]

  > Because how far does their stance against AI go? They won't accept music. What about if AI created a cure that could save their child?

The problem with this type of argument employing hyperbole ad absurdum to demonstrate irrationality is that it’s self negating.

If AI cured cancer then by definition it would no longer be the technology that’s primary use case is churning out various forms of derivative slop. And so the balance between its value vs the economic/social/environmental costs would immediately and fundamentally change.

Losing my job, spending 3x as much to replace my PC while my favorite websites devolve into a cesspool of spam might not feel worth it just because I can now vibe code a todo app in 2 minutes while listening to a 600 hour playlist of personalized elevator music.

But if it cured my dad’s cancer and my mom’s Parkinson’s? Well, that’s a different story…

[filoeleven]

Q: But don’t you think that some AI music can be good enough to listen to anyway?

A: sorry i’d love to deeply consider this topic with you but unfortunately i’m part of the fuck off ai music movement so i won’t?

https://fuckoffaimusic.com/