Ask HN: Does anyone just listen to their own AI music now?

I haven't tried making my own but recently I listened to a couple of YouTube playlists while working (made by humans) and when it autoplays to the next, it always chooses AI music.

The music was ok, some was even quite good, but my reaction was interesting. Visceral and intense dislike that I was being so strongly and algorithmically guided to listen to non-human music.

I'm not against AI, for art, music, or anything else. So I found my reaction quite interesting. I guess I didn't realize how important the human connection is to me in music.

Can you post some examples? Is it particularly appealing because it was made by you? When I hear most AI music, it sounds pretty flat and boring, but I could see there being some kind of emotional attachment to music one generated themselves vs music generated by someone else.

No. For me, there's no point to doing such a thing. Music is about human communication. Without the human, it's just pretty noises -- which is fine, but not what I'm looking for.

I have no interest in AI music. I’ve changed how I consume music to avoid the algorithms playing me a bunch of random stuff no one has ever heard of, which could easily become all AI over time.

For me, if someone did not put much effort into making a thing then I can't be bothered to experience it (well, unless it was really really really good).

Not usually but I've had periods where I've only been listening to AI-generated music (my own and others) instead of using Spotify. Suno is getting really good now.

Theres a Youtube channels that uses AI to mix Afro pop with jpop and its fairly amusing. Not something I would listen often but its not horrible.

went the other way —- stopped listening to recorded music

keep an acoustic guitar out and pick that up instead

clean yamaha I got for $100 from a dude at ft huachuca

AI music is completely and utterly pointless, just like any other type of AI 'art'. Art is inherently a human activity, and moving the creation of it to computers removes the entire point of it. Maybe it could be OK if it was a small part of larger workflow, but even then it just feels gross.

Im not even completely against AI, i find them useful while coding and solving work problems, or even for explaining things. But it should stay far away from any art form.

But its most likely a lost battle. Looking at current improvements, i wont be surprised if in 5 to 10 years large parts of new movies and shows will be AI generated and it will be basically impossible to evade it all unless you stick to anything made before 2023 or so.

guy, in front of the public library " when I get my check, I can buy any kind of drugs I want and listen to my hate music"

figure thats a demographic "loving" the customisation features

No

Yeah for the past 2 years now I exclusively listen to AI music.

I use AI to split music into separate tracks.

Ask hn does anyone else have bad taste

Not yet, but I'm not adverse to it. I've long long been interested in generative music, popularized by Brian Eno. I consider AI music the next evolution of that.

I do get the anti sentiment, though. Music means something different to everyone. And for many, that's human connection.

I've also been ruminating on this point for a long time (primarily on the use of movie effects, before LLMs!) where if anything is possible, then what's the point?

I feel like we'll hit this point with AI generated media and there'll be a bit of a backlash where the majority of people move back to authentic, human-generated art and media.

I like listening to game soundtracks.

Currently YouTube is being _drowned_ in AI slop (hey look, "Megaman, but mariachis!").

Its so goddamn tiresome...

I do not, and will not