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Comment by echelon | Hacker News Reader

People get caught up in their lives.

There are a million things you _wanted_ to do that you'll never get to do. And that's unfair.

This gives me the eerie feeling of a future in which we let AI do all fun, creative things, thereby freeing up spare time in which we don't need to learn to play guitar anymore, giving us more hours to spend on work.

Shouldn't we aim for a future that is the exact opposite of this?

> giving us more hours to spend on work

What work?

There is no future without work outside books, movies, and daydreams.

How caught up can you get that somehow using your built-in and free instruments (see human voice and hands/feet for percussion) or a cheap $50 guitar/uke is a privilege but having an internet connection and a modern smartphone that can run this kind cutting edge software is not?

This comment tree is discussing how AI will provide a new way to music creation. Cheap smart phones are seen in poorer countries and communities. In the future, there will be models that run on these types of phones locally. They might not be the state of the art models at the time but they will be available.

If we assume the above to be correct then the "cheap" guitar is an additional cost whereas the AI music model isn't. In addition, guitar lessons cost money and spending time practicing is harder for some people than others due to their circumstances.

I disagree. It makes me cherish what I DO do, and the choices I make become more impactful to me because of it.

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