Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

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[oluseyi]

All technologies have an upside. The question is do they outweigh the down sides. AI/LLM/Computer Learning seems to have, at least to me and at this point in time, far more negatives than positives as society, at least in the US, YOLOing it and letting c-suit sociopaths do whatever they want with it.
There may be more upsides to this tech in the future with science acceleration and detecting trends and behavior that would take a human years to discover, but for now...

The near term upside is the end of the intellectual property order. The commons has been starved of contributions because corporations have lobbied to extend and extend copyright, while also cheating the actual humans who do most of the creative work under the rubric of “work for hire.”

The collapse of this rent-seeking model will also erase much the financial incentive for generative mimicry. Who knows what comes next, but it will definitely be interesting!

 

[oluseyi]

I'm confused, why would DJs want to put themselves out of business by making it easier for AI to mimic them?

I don’t think it’s necessarily the DJs pushing for the structure, but other interested parties. Fund a few critics, pay a few DJs and suddenly you’ve astroturfed a “grassroots movement for structured electrodance.”

 

[oluseyi]

I agree. That said, both jazz and oldstyle funk seems to be less AI infested than many genres. Perhaps syncopation is still a few years away from being easily reproduced by machines clinging hard to pattern recognition?

No, they just don’t have as many contemporary listeners so they’re not as appealing of targets.