Technology

I use Suno a fair bit from time to time. I spend a lot of time refining the lyrics and then I play around with music generation until I find the right vehicle for them. It really scratches an itch because I haven't written poetry for decades and I've never been able to write songs.

The result is music I really enjoy listening to and is meaningful to me ("meaningful" in quotes because some of it is just pop fluff). But one else wants to listen to it. And that's fine, I'm really just doing it for me.

I have yet to hear anyone else's AI generated songs that I gave a shit about, either. I think it's like the uncanny valley, except I can't tell the difference between generated and real music. But there's a je ne sais quoi that real music has generated music just... lacks. And it's only in the process of working on a piece that it takes on that quality, but only for the individual — probably because they attach to their input rather than the generated quality of the rest.

Anyway, people will get away with AI stuff in the background where something real commands attention, but if you ever make it a focus, i think people will tune out. You can just feel the... soullessness.