Goddamn right!
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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Ok, I guess. If you want to post AI musics, there's sites dedicated to that.
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This is a noble pursuit but I am curious about the classification criteria.
How would you treat those who used it as a tool for composition, progression ideas compared to those who literally create the entire thing using generative methods?
Because as per the article, impersonating an artist is forbidden. What stops me from asking an LLM "Give me 5 chord progressions and scales that sound like Adele" and glue it together? How could it be detected?
One obvious feature of "Hi I'm AI" usually is that one artist with no actual profile or link or footprint outside of Bandcamp that has apparently released 10 albums in a year.
Some just aren't subtle. They can at least start there.
I think there's a difference between asking for chord progressions or tips and tricks to get a certain sounds and telling a LLM to generate a song.
With the former there's usually zero originality, but I see how it can be useful as a starting point. People who do the latter can go f*ck off, especially if they try to make money off of it.
I’m not sure they have everything in place to actually enforce the policy yet, just laying the groundwork and setting expectations for artists and fans. Agreed it will be interesting to see where/how they draw the line.
I think this whole AI thing will push people towards artists they already know. I’m already seeing myself doing this elsewhere like youtube where I rarely click something I’m not subscribed to because there’s so much slop. It will make it more difficult for new artists to be heard.