necriel

necriel t1_izwqgf3 wrote

I foresee a future where you log into your app and literally just say "play me something in the style of '80s hair metal, and the song is about ____." And it creates it instantly, exactly to your description.

In that world, everything is customizable and specifically catered to the individual. All media is now procedurally generated and individualized. The job of the creative has shifted from the technician to the curator; people do not pay for things to be created, people pay for others opinions and curatorial decisions instead. We are not too far away from this now. Hence the rise of influencers.

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necriel t1_izwp821 wrote

Will you continue listening to music once AI musicians make most music? Will you only listen to human players, regardless of skill?

Anything with utilitarian value will eventually be replaced by AI. It is its sole purpose. And also all things generally have utilitarian value. Even the music we listen to is utilized to evoke certain emotions, tell a story, Etc.

Your only choices are to engage with it, or engage with less useful utilizations of all things simply because they are human.

Do you only wear handcrafted shoes right now? Or were yours mass produced by a soulless machine? And what of the cobbler from ages past? Where is his livelihood now?

Tell me the difference between the Shoemaker and the storyteller and you will have the definition of a human soul.

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