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This got a lot of attention this week. I guess it's novel.

But the song sucked, as did the supposed AI contribution. I couldn't quite figure out why everyone used this as the example of how it's all over and AI will take over the world of music.

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I thought the song was pretty catchy. As a first example of what AI can do in this space, I'm excited at the possibilities -- especially as someone who writes music but can't sing like the Weeknd or rap like Drake. I look at it less as something that's going to replace songwriting and more as another tool.

Not my kind of music either, but your opinion is subjective and completely misses the point of the story here.

> I couldn't quite figure out why everyone used this as the example of how it's all over and AI will take over the world of music.

The bar for "AI" gets lower every day. I still think the ChatGPT reaction is something of a marketing psyop. Beyond a couple of novelty searches, I haven't noticed anybody using it as a daily driver.

That's fine if you feel that way, but millions of people enjoyed it. The comments on reuploads of it are full of people gushing over it, asking why it was removed, and being surprised that AI was involved in it.

This just seems like goal post moving.

If all AI stuff was 500x worse than it is currently that would still be a big deal.

Tech does not stand still, with any rate of improvement this stuff will become insanely good quality.

I liked the song. I think the buzz being generated by this thing is awesome.

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