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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[odikweos]

I can see how AI might be able to write a 2-3 minute pop song and let it squeak into a top-40 playlist. A couple of minutes isn't much of aa challenger.

Can AI put together a symphony? Take Beethoven's 3rd for comparison - made up up for 4 movements, each about 20 minutes. Themes, sub-themes, subtle melodies, etc.

I don't think AI can do that today - but is symphony-level complexity in the future for AI?

If most people listen to music that isn't at the top of the complexity scale (can't prove that, but it sure seems likely) and 97% of people can't tell the difference.. does it matter at all that there are some minor limitations?

The only issue I can see with AI asset generation is that the models were trained by taking material the trainers didn't own. As soon as that is a settled thing (socially, by convention, law, Butlerian Jihad, I mean whatever) -- it's over folks.

 

[odikweos]

Another issue to consider is that a human being wasn't involved enough in pushing forward our collective culture... so a human doesn't get paid for art. At best a human gets paid for a prompt, but no skill in creation.

Do we want a society where our value to the world is based on how profitable we are, or can we leave room for art and fancy to be valuable in the world?

Big gray boxes are efficient to build and operate, but they suck to live in.

Of course you are correct. That's an entirely separate issue IMO from the topic of "can it do the thing."