[grondilu]

> Nor is it music without a musician.

The case of music is quite fascinating. YouTuber Rick Beato is following it very closely. He seems to think that quite soon people will listen to AI generated music even knowing it is AI-generated music. They will listen to it because they'll enjoy it and they will not care who or what made it. I personally think he is right. Music can be enjoyed in a way no other art can, in that sense it might become kind of a drug.

Now some people think that will never happen because AI music will always be bad, but recently he posted a video in which he tells us that his kids can immediately tell an AI-generated song from a normal one. He is baffled because he himself can't do that. But he also tells us that one of his kids thinks that he probably won't be able to tell it anymore in six months or something. In other words, a young person with such a good ear is confident that AI-generated music will soon be if not good, at least indistinguishable from human-made music. I think that's indicative of where things are going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbo6SdyWGns

[the_af]

> Now some people think that will never happen because AI music will always be bad

I think they are mistaken, and that this is the wrong way to go thinking about this.

If you're against AI "doing art", it mustn't be because "it's not good". Because art is very subjective -- so much that it's almost impossible to define what it is -- somewhere someone will like AI art. And the procedures and models will get better, too. I can envision a (very near) future where blockbuster movies and hit pop songs are entirely written by AI... it wouldn't be too different from the present, anyway.

No, if you're upset about AI art, it must not be about technical quality, but about human connection. Art is a human activity, by humans, for humans. Even if AI "gets better", I don't want us to be cut out of the loop.

Art is not something to optimize and automate.

(All of what I've just said is debatable, of course. Like art!)

[parpfish]

if i heard an AI ballad about heartbreak or a punk anthem about injustice, my response would be "what the fuck do you know about it?"

some music can be passively listened to and is built with consumption in mind (e.g., background music in games or restaurants).

other music has a message and (as pretentious as this sounds) is about communication and connection between the artist and listener.