Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that’s different”::Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        73·
        1 year ago

        What is good art? Stuff like this can be produced with zero effort in a couple of seconds.

        Lol, not that.

          • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Sure, I am after all the sole arbiter of what good art is. /s

            I’ll answer like a supreme court justice: I know it when I see it.

              • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I thought some of the early banksy stuff was pretty good.

                I’m sure AI can generate an original one of those that’s as evocative because it deeply understands the human experience, has the ability to spray paint on public walls, is aware of trends and culture, and is similarly concerned about the rise of modern fascism and surveillance states.

      • theywilleatthestars@lemmy.worldEnglish
        87·
        1 year ago

        For art to be good it needs to leave an impression on people. Can’t imagine anyone taking anything away from Generic Pretty Girl #372

        • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          105·
          1 year ago

          Most stuff looks pretty generic, you’re right. But there’s actually been a couple times when I’ve been baffled by the output. For this one, for example, I just gave it my username

          • Inmate@lemmy.worldEnglish
            52·
            1 year ago

            I think magicians love when audiences are willing to both believe in magic and maintain a respect for the secrecy of their trade.

            I’ll tell you what I know for sure: people from my generation are working like their lives depend on it to separate the new generations from their money using our triumphant new invention; so of course this looks like impressive art to younger people and no one else; you’ll love the AI music we sell you too! And wait till you meet all the AI characters we’ve trained for you! You can sit, jaw dropped stifling laughter to hear the next joke designed to make you cackle so hard you piss yourself, in a room full of tailored friends.

            There are still tons of real things in this world: they still inspire more fruitful wonder than we do for ourselves and our contraptions.

          • interceder270@lemmy.worldEnglish
            55·
            1 year ago

            That takes a steaming hot dump on what the vast majority of people can do.

            It’s why people are scared. They should be.

            • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
              53·
              1 year ago

              That takes a steaming hot dump on what the vast majority of people can do.

              I’d argue that it is a steaming hot dump of random, deviant art quality junk, but to each their own.

              • interceder270@lemmy.worldEnglish
                85·
                1 year ago

                I’d argue people like you are going to hold it under much more scrutiny knowing it’s made by AI instead of humans.

                I’d also argue you will do this without admitting it.

            • Inmate@lemmy.worldEnglish
              34·
              1 year ago

              HAHA that’s crazy you think that that is so great.

              I was like this in the 90s with MDs.

              You probably think AI porn is “stunning” 🤣

              • interceder270@lemmy.worldEnglish
                74·
                1 year ago

                ‘So great’ would be inaccurate.

                I said it “takes a steaming hot dump on what the vast majority of people can do.”

                Tell me you feel called out without telling me you feel called out. Lol.

                • Inmate@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  26·
                  1 year ago

                  Why would I feel called out by a pattern I’ve seen a few times before and the generation before me saw even more than that?

                  You’re like the dude in the other 20s, “you fools! Look to the sky! The dirigible has conquered the realm once enjoyed freely only by the birds and angels! I’ll take a streaming hot DUMP on you from here! One golden ticket onto the glorious Hindenburg!”

                  Flies are just consequences of shit; I don’t feel much of anything about flies I figure 🤷‍♂️

              • Inmate@lemmy.worldEnglish
                42·
                1 year ago

                I think your generation’s the first to be totally pink for this sort of thing and I’m worried for ya

                I’m gutted that you can’t tell the difference. Or that you don’t care to. It’s sad you think this toy is an idol.

              • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
                54·
                1 year ago

                It’s an infinite crap generator, which I can see why people are so enamored with it. Because people seem to want a seeming variety of generic junk almost instinctually. Just take a look at the variety of garbage available on all streaming platforms right now, the variety of garbage on YouTube, or even worse a single aisle in any grocery store: shelves full of crap that’s often the same thing with different labels, substances that are utter shit on almost a molecular level but seem appealing or better than others based upon packaging.

                Edit: Amazon is nearly a perfection of the instant, endless crap business model. Just imagine when someone hooks up one of these things to a 3d printer. You can then have infinite crap generated entirely based upon your search queries. Now if you’ll excuse me I have a patent application to file…