[psytrancefan]

You also didn't have "sampler music". People did creative things with samplers but people didn't seek out music based on the sampler.

As mentioned, current AI music is listening to recordings of Muzak like what they use to play in elevators and at Dennys.

I would say the progress in AI music is basically non-existent. Ironically, MusicLM can make some very unique and interesting sample material. The more popular models though are just slop.