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AI music is objectively good and getting even better and that's a good thing for me as a music consumer. (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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I have a very pragmatic view on music: all I care about is whether it sounds good or not. That's it. That's literally it. And from that standpoint the advent of AI music has been a major net positive for me.

You can choose to ignore that and come tell me about the ethics of using AI or how you care about the story behind the song and so on and that's all fine but just note that you're no longer addressing what I'm actually saying here.

I'm also not claiming it's great - only that it's good. I've yet to discover an AI song that I go back to like I do with many human-made songs but if I want to put on a playlist playing in the background then one consisting of entirely AI-made music reliably provides me well above average track after another whereas with organic music I need to sift through a ton of absolute crap to stumble upon the occasional good track that still rarely exceeds what AI is able to output. I can go on YouTube and put on a 2 hour playlist of Jazz House or similar and I don't get the urge to skip a single track.

Currently I feel like where AI still trips is lyrics - they still are only plausible sounding nonsense once you actually start paying attention to it but especially for instrumental music it has far exceeded the level of a good average human artist.

Few examples of what I'm refering to: with vocals and without.

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[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It violates my sense of decency that you think a communicative medium can be replaced by something that can't communicate.

... You get a upvote but I'll be mad the entire time doing it

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk -3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

All music is just melodic noise. None of it communicates anythin to me whether it's organic or AI made.

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You might have a condition called Musical anhedonia. Because music is definitely meant to communicate a LOT to you. If you can listen to "Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd and not feel the emotion they are expressing I feel bad for you..

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 0 points 1 hour ago

Well that particular song doesn't make me feel anything since I just don't like that kind of music but there are plenty songs that make me feel strong emotions and sometimes even gives me chills. Like this or this or this.

If it was about musical anhedonia then I don't think I'd be listening to music at all but that's not the case. I'm just not a musical connoisseur. I can't name artists or tell anything about the songs I like. I just go by ear - either it touches me or it doesn't. I don't analyze it further.