Have you ever come across an AI-generated song?

I just did for the first time (that I know if). The song appeared in my recommended YouTube videos. I listened to it and immediately I noticed the "album cover" was nonsensical. The music and lyrics itself actually seemed coherent and made more sense than the AI-generated image, and I hate to say it, but I might not have guessed the song was AI if not for the bizarre album art. But the implications of this are kind of disturbing. 🫤

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

I haven't but I don't seek such material out anyway.

Many musicians and other artists are genuinely very worried about the the AI companies using their material to create imitations, so as to profit from stolen copyright creations and to crush genuine new work.

I fear if that happened ultimately there would be no new ideas, no new work, no new genuine talent; just bland, pale, meaningless mass-productions of ever-poorer material by database. The only people to gain would be the rich owners of the Artificial Indolence companies.

Punches · 46-50, F

@ArishMell That may happen eventually BUT here is the thing - music is not normally JUST the songs, but the group behind the music. The image. That is often part of the appeal of one's favorite music, especially for young people.

With AI music, no matter how good it is, there is no band. It is like music in a vacuum.

Besides, there is something really creepy about any sort of AI generated music. Like something we would hear in a fever dream.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Punches A very good point. Even a few decades ago I found a lot of electronic music somehow empty, despite being played by real performers using keyboard synthesisers.

Fortunately there are still many young people who want to be able to play real music, and in many genres, not just pop; so perhaps genuine performing and creating talent will win in the end.

(Similarly with the visual arts and writing, of course.)