A.I. music is REALLY GOOD, and it's not a big deal

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[thelefthandofcreation]

The creator of Cowboy Bebop did a DELIGHTFUL show called "Carole & Tuesday" about a future where two singer-songwriters make waves by creating original compositions in a music scene almost exclusively dominated by AI songwriting tools and the prompters who work them. It's one of the most touching odes I've ever seen to the songwriting process, and is a great companion piece to this video.

[kefeer]

The problem is not musicians using AI. It is corporate deciding they don't need musicians and an undergrad with AI will do, just like they already decided that singers don't really need to sing, for example.

[GuitarNinja]

Samurai Guitarist
Samur AI Guitarist
AI Guitarist
The truth was right in front of us the whole time 😳

[fortissimoX]

AI will very soon be able to "create" any type of song you ask it, and it will be very funny to a lot of people for some time.
Also, it will be able to generate you any type of video, movie etc.
The good thing is, once everyone will have that kind of power on their phone / computer, they will finally realize why that doesn't bring them any kind of happiness.
Because what is missing is our human interaction, call it soul to soul interaction if you will.
Once we all realize that, I believe we will much more appreciate any kind of real human creativity and interaction.
In a way, we had to be lost to find each others again, and to appreciate each others more.

[cstarr]

I play because I enjoy it, and an AI can never enjoy something for me.

[guitarmatt]

The silver lining to this dystopian development is that live performances will become exponentially more valuable. Recordings will become dull commodities for business while human generated art will become less digitized as people will be hungry for art that is devoid from computers. Fortunately for us guitarists, people will be interested to hear us play as there is no faking it and it takes years of practice to not sound like trash. As a fingerstyle guitarist, I feel very secure in the potential future of live performances. Who knows, but it’s just a guess.

[StaticR]

There's one thing that no AI can ever replace no matter what, and that's the fun and joy you can find in playing an instrument.

[alexschlessman]

I'm picturing an AI songwriter in a studio and the record exec says come on we need a hit now and the AI is too drunk to perform, unable to cope with the pressure of fame and fortune. Spiraling from AI drugs and hookers

[johnhmaloney]

I'm hoping that the AI revolution also brings about a renaissance for independent artists. That people who don't want the computer generated stuff that will be put out by the big 3 will turn to those of us who are doing it on our own the old fashioned way.

[nickboon]

Fiver’s gonna be empty in a couple years😭

[camilovillamizar]

My hope is that the end result of this will be an increase in the value of music performed live and with minimal tech.

[HagstromMarshall]

Deepblue beat Kasparov at chess in 1997, and for over 25 years now, even the best player in the world hasn't stood a chance against an AI. Does that mean we've stopped playing chess? No, we continue to play for pleasure, for sport, for art, between humans and for humans. There are few differences between the way an AI and a human create art, one of which is "the intention" to create. So as long as we want to create, we'll make art, whereas AI will produce contents.

[ShallieDragon]

Thank you for bringing up the ethics part. And the compensation. It's something that a lot of folks tend to ignore when they use generative AI tools.

[lippi]

I've been saying this for a long time, but I think the reason we don't have mainstream bands anymore is that big labels figured out that a singular pop star is more cost effective (and less of a liability) than a 3-5 piece band. If they figure out a way to incorporate AI in songwriting, instrumentation, production, arrangement etc. instead of their human counterparts, it could very well be the end of the music industry as we know it and the beginning of something completely different.

[benjaminprietop]

Every time I get bummed out about AI, I try to think about all things that were once rumored to kill something and then it was the opposite. I mean, people in the 50's thought television was going to render cinema obsolete, and it's still here, and people in the 80's thought synthesisers were going to kill real musicians, and they're still here. I get why many people are afraid, but it's probably not gonna be as bad as we think.

[MrVlork]

Gave it a try, and I have to say that I'm quite shocked.
Was under the impression that it could only make decent mainstream music for thats what its most likely trained on.
But wow was so wrong. This thing also makes makes great underground noisy stuff, faster than that I can even start to plug in my guitar pedals.

[account-pinj]

Holy moleys. Such a well crafted video honestly. 🤯

[ItsJustMe]

Man, I've been trying to say the exact same argument about copying vs innovating from exiting sources for the physical art as well. All artists learn by copying other existing artists, then adding their own subtle twists to it, until they develop their own style. NO one just exists in a void and creates art. You learn solely through replication then experimentation.

[iamsandman]

In 2019 it sounded like old video game music. Now it sounds like Frank Stallone movie soundtrack tunes.

[nomandad]

Here’s the problem I don’t see anyone discussing and the biggest thing you are missing/

It isn’t “humans can do better than AI” etc.

It’s the AVALANCHE of garbage that will FLOOD an already crowded soundscape. 100, 000 releases a day will soon become 1 million, then 100 million.

You can kiss the recording industry goodbye at that point.

This will become a hobby for a songwriter, so an entire segment of the industry will be buried under an avalanche of artificial music that churns out faster than a 2 sentence prompt can be composed. This will happen in ALL media: books etc.

This was forced upon us. It’s a solution to a problem that I didn’t ask to have solved for me. My quest to become skilled at composing musical things was a labor of love, driven by the hope that many people would listen to it.

Think of all the potential Bach and Beethovens and Hendrixes of the world that will be buried under a Mount Everest of garbage. Or music that is better than what humans can make. Lame as fuck. Glad I’m older at least

All I hear when I listen to optimists discuss how amazing and wonderful this all is:

“Apply Vaseline gently to your sphincter, and spread your cheeks. This won’t hurt a bit. You can’t stop what is happening so you may as well enjoy what’s about to come…”