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I paint a fair bit. Artists all know how hard it is to innovate, and how difficult it is to faithfully physically represent ideas, images, and emotions that the

I paint a fair bit. Artists all know how hard it is to innovate, and how difficult it is to faithfully physically represent ideas, images, and emotions that they experience internally. People don't respect works created by algorithms because people feel algorithms (1) do not have a rich internal state, that is (2) challenging to express, (3) will one day die, and (4) never occur again. There's analogues in music. We have algorithms that can write jazz standards with all the same essential characteristics of Blue in Green, or So What, but no one cares. People just want to hear Miles Davis and Bill Evans do it.

jcelerier 4y ago
> We have algorithms that can write jazz standards with all the same essential characteristics of Blue in Green, or So What, but no one cares. That's definitely not true. In the areas that make money with some semblance of reliability for the artists (low budget film / game scores esp. asset flippers, shitty TV shows, music for ads, etc), people are going to be more than happy with a magic "make music" button without having to pay for a composer. Like, if you thing that anything in this video is out of reach for today's AIs... https://youtu.be/QgU9H9dECt8 https://youtu.be/QgU9H9dECt8
- cjohnson318 4y ago
  That's a very good point, I hadn't thought of that part of the music industry. Thanks.