John Lawrence Schick
I don’t see much difference between udio and a college student using AI to generate a term paper.

Mike Zaneski
That's the main difference between a faked term paper and AI music production: with AI music production, most folks aren't judging you on "how it came to be" --they are simply responding to what they hear. Unless you go out of your way to go, "hey I "wrote" this, what do you think?" --then they might inquire about your process in manifesting said music.

Mike I believe, fundamentally, they are the same from the perspective of giving Music AI and College paper AI a set of parameters to produce an output with only basic knowledge of the subject by either of the individuals. Maybe that was the only point John may have been making but hey, John, jump in...LOL

Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of AI because it will do great good for mankind, while it is being used by some to do great harm at the same time..that is not the fault of AI..pretty well everything fits into the good/evil hat

What I find interesting is we seem to be talking about AI as if is a living, breathing entity. It is just computing in the year 2024. No different than UNIVAC 1...just a billion times faster...

Where I think AI could be great is for lyricists who today may never get there lyrics heard because they can’t afford the cost or don’t play an instrument...what a boon it could be for them...to me that’s a big plus for music

My music partner in crime, Jon, moved to SoCal last year and we will do some stuff by zoom but I’m giving thought to working on stuff myself using AI

“Ever since they started making them there Motorwagons it’s tough to find a good blacksmith”

Steve

Creators of music have a responsibility to their craft. When they have finished using all the notes and words, they must pass them down to the next generation with a simple request. “Use these to create new music.”...Steven McDonald