Comment by uncircle
7 hours ago
> Consumers are by and large not listening to AI generated music
Consumers are sadly too ignorant to tell. YouTube is brimming with AI music slop and people praising it in the comments because they are unable to tell the difference (and it is actually pretty easy once you know what to look out for)
How can you trust that the commenters aren't AI too?
Realistically speaking, why is that a problem? What is the point of music if not enjoyment? If these people enjoy it, what's wrong with it?
It takes away from real human artists who do their part to slowly advance human culture. Music will not develop without human artists. Maybe for this moment in time AI can fulfill some people's musical desires, but it's not going to keep up with the times. The point of art, in a general sense, is humanity. Automating away your artistic needs is like automating away your social needs. It's a one way "relationship" that is superficial and self-indulgent. It's a step towards an empty world.
That's the creator's perspective. From a listener's perspective, it's "do I enjoy it" or "do I not enjoy it". Everything else is intellectualization.
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Painters said the same thing about cameras
You hear a song with vocals that strongly emotionally resonate with you, reminding you of your mother who passed away recently after a long terrible illness. You want to know more about the singer that almost brought you to tears, only to find there is none and that the song was AI generated.
Behind every AI-generated song is a human who wanted you to listen to its message.
So it does something good for you, then you decide to put a label on it due to how it was made. You are letting your mind overwrite a genuine response you had based on an opinion that "it should not feel good because it's AI made". As I said in another comment - intelectualization.
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Could you elaborate? I can't tell with music and voice
You won't tell from the music. It's obviously an AI generated mix when:
- the channel posts multiple mixes per week
- the thumbnail is clearly AI generated
- most importantly, the tracklist never includes any author, because there are none
If you search for "<genre> mix" on YouTube right now, 9/10 results fail these criteria.
Lo-fi channels used to show the artist and song names. These newer ones don't bother with credits, or have made up song titles.
E.g. "funky chicken jam"
If AI music sells like you proclaim, it would be bad for spotify to NOT ban it, since it is printing money.
It's like the MBS during the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. Today it prints money, tomorrow it blows up in your face.
Yeah they put a blue check on it like Elon did. Until they get paid to put the check on slop. Rotten fish is still rotten even if you mix it with fresh fish and label it accordingly.