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rowanG077

> AI creates novel algorithms beating thousands of googlers.

Random HNer on an AI post one day later

> Its currently slightly more configurable clipart.

It's so ridiculous at this point that I can just laugh about this.

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Two people from different backgrounds have differing opinions on different systems.

This just in, the response was also to an entirely different context.

> rowanG077: Holy shit look how different the opinions are! LOL HN is so wild.

Comparing music and algorithms is nonsense.

AI music is disposable generic soulless trash, even if it is technically correct, in accordance with the rules and conventions of music theory. AI generates Muzak. Totally generic and derivative.

There is no AI equivalent to Kurt Cobain, or James Brown, or Tori Amos.

There is no AI equivalent to Kurt Cobain or any other artists because 99% of what they are is not at all about their musical skill but all about marketing. There are thousands of musicians just as skilled if not more than Kurt Cobain or James Brown yet who don't have their fame. I also have no doubt an AI will outperform most musicians in short order in the foreseeable future. The step from making no music at all, to making acceptable music is gigantic compared to making acceptable music to making great music.

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