Posted on 05/04/2023 9:07:21 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Rick Beato discusses the implications of AI in music
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I am just waiting for Rush Limbaugh to go back on the air. Replicating his voice is easy. There is also 30 years of ‘training data’ so his analysis could be applied to current events.
They will be great sounding songs, but they will be empty of meaning because there is no life experience being transmitted.
That’s what it means to me.
I agree. Sometimes knowing what is going on in an artist’s life; pain, grief, breakup, love etc., makes a song more meaningful. I can’t imagine a computer composing an emotion filled song over say a memory upgrade or a hardware failure.
-PJ
Yep. AI and gonna replace Townes Van Zant.
However, knowing that it is AI is going to ruin that. Words are just words when they written by a human being.
A dinner can be interesting and soulful, if the creator is human. But even if the machines writes the most soulful music imaginable, once we know it was written by a machine, it will have no meaning.
I know they have the science of creating nice sounding songs down pat, so expect harmony written from hereon to be nice sounding. There is also more possible variations of songs than there are atoms in the universe, so there will be a lot of nice sounding songs, but they will be meaningless imo.
I'm not saying AI won't become amazing, or that it won't eventually become somewhat sentient. Just that what there is now isn't that.
Another issue about AI and advancing technology is showcased when applying it to sports. Think about how you feel and react when you watch a hitter blast a 105 mph fastball over the center field wall, or Usain Bolt do the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, or Lionel Messi dribble through 7 players before chipping the goalkeeper, or an NBA player hitting a 3 at the buzzer, etc.. Would you feel the same if it were a machine doing it, or would you spend your afternoon or evening watching machines compete against each other? How will you feel if all music, and all novels, and all movies are AI generated?
A while back Beato was interviewing Tim Henson, the lead guitarist for Polyphia. Henson is a young, near virtuoso guitarist and heavily into self music production. I don’t think Polyphia even has a record contract. Anyways, he was saying the nearly the same thing as you, “it will be all about how well you prompt.” (Paraphrasing)
If AI could capture the talent of the 60’s and 70’s, the world would be a much better place.
Beato is great, a ping list would be appreciated. I’ll mail ya for getting on the list...
The only flaw in Beato’s logic is LIVE MUSIC. The “people don’t care” about recorded music alone may be true, but what about where the bulk of artists make $$$ - concerts? Will they come up with AI versions of the new fake artists and project them? Have holograms seeming to run around on stage, but unable to interact with the audience? Or will the Metaverse make all of this superfluous?
Yes it will. The Cobain and Lennon mapping will be perfected. And it won't be limited to music. We will see 3rd parties create new movies with Humphrey Bogart, Brad Pitt and James Dean starring together. It's going to change everything. But I do not thin for the better, and NOTHING has gotten better. Music, movies, TV, art have all gotten MUCH worse in the past 40 years.
Regards,
How will you feel after a couple of generations of development and it gives you revelation 13:15
Isn’t this mostly AI altering a voice to sound like another so far?
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