Man this is the worst fucking take I've heard all week
Have my upvote
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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There are several uses for music. For some of them, AI music like you pasted works well -- like if those were playing as background music in a restaurant there's no problem. You're not there to listen to the music.
But if you want to really listen to the music... you usually want to listen to old songs or then something totally new and interesting. Your links were none of those. It was sophisticated elevator music.
Then again, I don't see any reason why AI couldn't some day be able to compose something new and interesting. A lot of the music humans create is derivative. The spigot of really new stuff has been kinda dry since the 90s it seems to me.
Lemmy showing again it can't handle any diverging opinions on ai, and moreover completely missing the point of this community.
While I don't personally share your opinion, I don't fault You for it. And I certainly agree that the output is getting better, just as it is for other generative areas like images and video. There will come a time when it will be impossible to distinguish unless explicitly stated by the creator. It's inevitable.
Once again, the general populace can't handle someone saying that not ALL genocides are bad!! Eventually, everyone will be participating in genocides! It's inevitable!
AI is objectively terrible in every way for society. There are basically 2 redeeming qualities that only marginally improve on what we already have. Everything else is IRREDEEMABLY EVIL.
i will not entertain arguments otherwise because those people are objectively STUPID.
Whatever helps you cope. Be well.
I want it to sound good
I like AI music
Buddy, no
What are you even saying? You arguing against my subjective experience as if you could possibly know better?
I think you couldn't find good music if someone stuck it up your nose and gave it a good twist
I have no idea what you are you hoping to achieve by coming here trying to insult me other than to advertise to everyone what a mean jerk you are.
I'm sorry that you're in pain but I'm not the cause for it nor does hurting others make you feel any better.
Lmfao sure. Have fun with your AI. Hope it fries your brains.
jesus man, music - art - is about feeling something. what the fuck
Unsettling is a feeling of sorts
that is insightful.
There's no difference whatsoever between how a good AI song and a good organic one makes me feel. None.
make out with an atm machine? what, it's got slots....
Do you have a point or are you just here to act like a smug jerk?
Just sucks the ai learned it by stealing. Valid take though, I guess. It feels a lot like saying, "factory farming is great for me. All I care about is meat that tastes decent. That's it."
What actually sucks, imho, is that the only way to reach the target is to steal the stuff and (most importantly) not get caught until your product is too big to fail. Then later you can just throw some hundreds of investor millions at a lawsuit and continue business as usual.
Systems that guide towards stealing and buying off the courts are not great.
Factory farming isn't a bad analogue as it's the only morally indefensible behaviour I knowingly partake in. Though personally I'm unconvinced about the unethicality of AI, but that's not what this thread is about.
Kevin Macleod already shared this sentiment and published AI generated and AI assisted tracks as well.
Kind of interesting considering he's the king of modern royalty free music.
I hate every sentence I just read. Take the upvote. AI music is the music for people who say they like all kinds of music. Music with no taste. Its like saying you could cook a potato a million ways but your favorite is raw.
Edit: since the music you posted is a pale imitation of trip hop please listen to something with some artistic value that might make you feel something.
I don't like all kinds of music. I don't even like most AI-generated music. I'm extremely picky about what I listen to. The thing with AI, however, is that if it can create one song in the style I like, it can then create a 2-hour playlist of songs just like that and they're all good. This is virtually never the case with human artists. When I find a good organic track and then go listen to other songs from that artist I usually don't like any of the other ones.
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
All music is just melodic noise. None of it communicates anythin to me whether it's organic or AI made.
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..
If you just want to be distracted and have happy ears then this seems a reasonable take.
I guess it’s a bit like burger chains - lowest common denominator for the largest market share. The thing is, the real food lovers will always be at the artisanal meat patty stand instead.
I though you'd say they won't eat burgers and will go to steak house or seafood restaurant.
"all I care"
no. you do not care. you clearly state you would never put ai slop in your favourites, you just want one big play button to generate background noise.
you clearly state you would never put ai slop in your favourites
No I didn't.
I upvoted this, but now I need to go take a walk and cool off for a bit. 😡
Congrats. I hate this opinion, so it fits!
Downvoting not for the unpopular opinion, but for not knowing what "objective" means
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