Good to hear from you, Steve!
The main problem I have with "AI Music is analogous to faked term paper" is one involves accountability to another person (you and teacher) while the other, does not. AI music made w/paid subscription becomes, by default, "yours" and there is no teacher to give you an "F" cuz you didn't write it yourself. That would be a specific circumstance involving you being in a music class and being asked by teacher to write and demo an original piece of music!

Originally Posted by VNORTH2
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...

I see this as a general tendency for humans to anthropomorphize but also a bit because AI is moving towards sentience.

Originally Posted by VNORTH2
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

You touch upon one fantastic use case for sure. Lyricists can easily test out their lyrics in 33 second samples--perfect for a verse or chorus or bridge...and "test" if the lyrics are singable, if no more. Feed Udio some Wordsworth? Wonderful vocal phrases issue forth, mostly because the "custom lyric" had impeccable meter. Then one can either "extend" the piece in Udio and ultimately then add the work into ones DAW for further creative stuff.

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 04/26/24 07:12 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)