| ▲ | whizzter 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Yeah, people in art production are far far more negative about AI than most sceptical developers. I wouldn't be surprised if a huge percentage of concept artists are out of jobs or changing specialization these days (Creating a throwaway image for a pitch or imaging document can probably be as easily conveyed through a prompt and the people looking at them are probably often not savvy enough to appreciate the difference). Where the music industry goes will be interesting, knowledgeable musicians are way too into fiddling/toying to feel any need for AI tools, but since music is pretty much an industry these days fed by promotion, it isn't far fetched that bedroom "AI" artists can leapfrog established ones.. the question is if it'll stick if they can't reach the pinnacles (megahits is part of it, but concerts still seem to matter quite a bit, and an AI won't help you perform even if Milli Vanilli might disagree). | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | JohnFen 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
As one who isn't a musician but loves listening to music, the emergence of passable genAI-generated music means that I can't trust new music anymore. The only new music I'm willing to buy is music that I've seen the artists perform live, or is from established artists that I know and trust are keeping it human. I have no idea how rare or common my perspective on this is, but it's not impossible that the music industry may see a decline as a result. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tolciho 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
"jazz is music; swing is business" - Duke Ellington So the music industry could go hard into AI or whatever the business folks deem appropriate, with various consequences, while the musicians will continue to music and who knows maybe the rent will be covered. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | WarmWash 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The most jarring thing for me is that artists tend to be the most "communally oriented, socially forward" group of people. I've definitely spent my fair time around them. As soon as tools came about that socialized their skill, opened it to everyone, they immediately and violently opposed it. Which is totally understandable, except when your core ideology you have been pushing for your whole life is to socialize everything. The hypocrisy is so suffocating that it was like a 9.0 earthquake in my moral landscape. And yes, before you come at my throat, free local image generation tools get no hatred exemption. | |||||||||||||||||
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