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Well, that kind of bolsters my point though: if it sucks, hate it. Why invest so much energy and angst into whether it is AI or human?
by JKCalhoun 1y ago
Well, that kind of bolsters my point though: if it sucks, hate it. Why invest so much energy and angst into whether it is AI or human?
- esafak 1y agoBecause trying to understand what the artist was thinking, saying, or trying to express is pointless if there is no artist.
- JKCalhoun 1y agoI was making the opposite point — if you hate it, you hate it — regardless of whether it is AI or not. You're having a problem with liking it only to find out later it is AI? Again, live music is the way to go then. Also, artists I like the most have a body of work that I like. If AI can fake that — create a body of work I like, cam relate to ... well, I guess I have to give credit to the machine.
- butlike 1y agoWell, I can 'hate' a piece of art but still appreciate it for its artistic merits. I can't if it's just random noise applied to mimic artistry.
- JKCalhoun 1y agoAn interesting take. I guess I'm more shallow than that. I have to like an artist first to even be bothered to delve into the artistic merit behind their work. I can see what you're saying though.
- jhbadger 1y agoI'm not sure there's a point to doing that with a lot of pop music, which is often written by committee to give to a pop star whose personality and looks are likewise crafted by other committees to attract a particular audience. The point is to make a successful product. It's romantic to imagine a tortured composer who creates music to express their damaged soul to the world and the like, but that's not what most music is.
- esafak 1y agoYou won't be surprised if I told you I don't listen to that either.
- JKCalhoun 1y agoNeither do I. Probably the bands I've fallen hardest for were R.E.M. in the mid 80's, the Pixies, the Muffs, Grandaddy… It's frankly hard for me to imagine (perhaps either one of us) falling for an "AI artist" anyway.