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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
The extent of AI in music should be for production purposes (electronic music is another story).
Music is a deeply human form of expression on so many levels and while AI can imitate it well, anything AI-made will always lack the soul and real personal experiences that many timeless lyrics are drawn from.
As a mastering tool it makes sense. If it gets good enough maybe it can even save studio bills/time and clean up and master home recordings as effectively.
It's a double edged sword at the end of the day and we'll probably have to go through a stage of abusing it before we reel it back to what's a reasonable role for it to play.
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I just don't think we're seeing this in the field though. People are being easily duped into connecting to AI music. They aren't typically happy when they find out, but that's not what I'm debating... the fact is they are connecting with it, and if they don't find out, they just casually go about life holding that connection.
I believe the "magic" of music is partly in the creator, but also in the interpretation of it. A song can hit you at just the right moment and spark that part within you... and so far what we're seeing suggests that it doesn't matter if it's created by human or machine.
We simply aren't good at gauging what "soul" is. Whether it's a chatbot spitting out lyrics, a recovered drug addict spilling his true feelings, or a song sweatshop in Nashville just rhyming garbage together, all seem to have the ability to connect with us.