elmizztJan 10
Todd Vaziri
Playing the “Blade Runner” score in Apple Music on iOS 26 and —— OH GOD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON
Jan 10 at 5:27pmIvory for iOS
Show threadTodd VaziriJan 10
Settings > Apps > Music > Animated Art > Off
Show threadJohn MoltzJan 10
@tvaziri I have actually liked the animated art. Until now.
Show threadMatt GriffinJan 10
@Moltz @tvaziri that much motion, and especially the mouth, is crossing a huge line.
Show threadTodd VaziriJan 10
@Moltz same
Show threadWraitheJan 10
@tvaziri @Moltz Yes, previous to this one, all the animated art I’ve seen was clearly done in conjunction with the artist
(turn on sarcasm voice) thank you so much for bringing this nightmare fuel to my attention
Show threadCM HarringtonJan 10

@tvaziri

Settings > Apps > Music > Terrible AI Bullshit Nightmare Fuel > Off

Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Jan 10
@octothorpe 😱 @tvaziri
Show threadin ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)Jan 10
@tvaziri ohhh. creepy
Show threadOzzie D, NP-hard  Jan 10
@inlovewithpda @tvaziri that is unpleasantly creepy, but I still appreciate the reminder to replay this classic (I played the CD and AAC rips of the disc hundreds of times in prior decades).
Show threadGreg PierceJan 10

@tvaziri Settings > Apps > Music > Turn off “Animated Art”

It’s a sanity saver. They are almost all bad.

Show threadTodd VaziriJan 10
@agiletortoise thanks !
Show threadbunnyheroJan 10
@agiletortoise @tvaziri oh thank god, thank you!
Show threadGed MaheuxJan 10
@agiletortoise @tvaziri Huzzah for me not upgrading my iPhone 14 Pro to an AI capable model. Doesn’t exist for me. Woot!
Show threadJonas WisserJan 10
@gedeonm @agiletortoise @tvaziri Once again, as with so many of these "features", I'm forced to ask: who exactly did they think would want this?
Show threadVictorJan 10

@gedeonm you don’t have animated album art as an option? I have a 13 mini test device that it works on, and it even shows the new full screen album art on the lock screen that was added in 26.

@agiletortoise @tvaziri

Show threadGed MaheuxJan 10
@victor @agiletortoise @tvaziri Oh I see. I didn’t scroll down far enough in Settings. Yep, it’s there. Turned it off now, thanks!
Show threadMatt KillmonJan 10
@gedeonm @agiletortoise @tvaziri Yeah, this is definitely not using local AI, these are record label-submitted animations. Blame the rightsholders for making bad animated art, not Apple for giving artists the option of submitting animated art.
Show threadGed MaheuxJan 10
@stillmoms @agiletortoise @tvaziri Then oh yeah, I blame them cause this is bad.
Show threadAnthony SoraceJan 10
@agiletortoise @tvaziri The only one I’ve seen I actually thought was good was in Moana 2 they gently animate the ocean. Certainly an overall net loss.
Show threadAnthony SoraceJan 10
@agiletortoise @tvaziri Unrelatedly, when the thumbnail for this image popped up before I realized the context I thought it was another example of how bad liquid glass is.
Show threadstarlingJan 10
@agiletortoise oh thank you! thankfully most of the music i listen to doesn’t have this anyway, but when i do see it, it’s almost always done poorly.
Show threadNick FosterJan 12
@agiletortoise @tvaziri +1 to this
Show threadJason CrowtherJan 12
@agiletortoise is there an analog for the Spotify app?
Show threadTheJen will not complyJan 10
@tvaziri NOOOOO
Show threadFediThing Jan 10

@tvaziri

Artists specifically design most record covers as stills, why animate something not designed to be animated?

Show threadChris Mackay 🇨🇦Jan 10
@tvaziri That’s disturbing. Generative AI getting everything wrong (as intended).
Show threadBeneJan 10
@tvaziri Please no. Is there more of this crap in Apple Music now? Can you turn it off??
Show threadJoey Rees-HillJan 11
@Bene This has been in Apple Music for quite a few years. I believe at least four.
Show threadBeneJan 11
@jarhill0 Really? I never saw it. However, it can be turned off. Phew
Show threadRiccardo MoriJan 10
@tvaziri 🤮
Show threadLiamJan 10
@tvaziri JFC what the hell is this (can confirm on Apple Music in Ireland too, so this shit has gone global) this is horrific, absolutely nobody wants this.
Show threadChristian GudrianJan 10
@tvaziri Looks like a YouTube thumbnail.
Show threadIngrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪Jan 10
@tvaziri AI - I hate you with a passion.
Let artists be artists.
Use AI to benefit health care, for example.
Leave these art posters alone!
Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By DecencyJan 10
@tvaziri No, seriously, that's fucking horrifying 😱what goddamn alien thinks this is a good idea!?
Show threadCory BirdsongJan 10
@tvaziri it happens for me on iOS 18 as well 🤢
Show threadJesse AtkinsonJan 10
@tvaziri I wish you could turn this off.
Show threadTodd VaziriJan 10
@jsatk https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/115872233138908277
Show threadJesse AtkinsonJan 10
@tvaziri sir. Oh my god. Thank you 😂 I went looking for this once and failed.
Show threadAnderson for President '80Jan 10
@tvaziri That Harrison Ford looks like Pablo Francisco as Harrison Ford.
Show threadTom HarringtonJan 10
@tvaziri @schwa Is that the same thing where lots of album art has unexpected animations now? I don’t have AI-enabled devices but I get things like this.
Show threadTodd VaziriJan 10
@atomicbird @schwa https://mastodon.social/@tvaziri/115872233138908277
Show thread🎹 Your Masto in April 🎹Jan 10
@tvaziri
Show threadjwzJan 10

@tvaziri Do Androids Dream of AI Slop?

Also, I hated this movie when it was called A Scanner Darkly.

Show threadLyonsJan 10
@tvaziri what the hell? Why? How was this allowed to ship? What would success even look like for this feature? jfc this is embarrassing.
Show threadAN/CRM-114Jan 10
@tvaziri what… is he saying?
Show threadS-ConfigJan 10
@tvaziri Seems like the apple store wants to eat your battery even faster by playing AI motion video!
Show threadFreediverXJan 10

@tvaziri 🤢🤮

We need more of Apple’s people to leave the company.

Show threadAnkkuliJan 10
@freediverx I know you don’t care but Apple didn’t do that. It was done by the label.
Show threadFreediverXJan 10

@ankkuli
I actually do care. Are they doing this everywhere their album art is displayed or only with Apple Music? Did Apple collaborate in its creation?

I long for the days when Apple was worth defending.

Show threadeurozerozeroJan 10
@tvaziri Definitely triggering a positive on a Voight-Kampff test.
Show threadSam ClementeJan 10

@tvaziri full screen album art has been available since like iOS 17 and animated art has been available by like iOS 18

It has to be uploaded by the artist

In cases like this, usually studios will go an update their album covers with it

I think it’s neat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadSam ClementeJan 10
@tvaziri it’s more likely that, if this were done by AI, it was done by the studio, not Apple
Show threadHenryk PlötzJan 10
@tvaziri So, *that's* what it's like when the mescaline kicks in ...
Show threadAmbient SpongeJan 10
@tvaziri Oh dear god that's awful.
Show threadChristopher GriffithsJan 10
@tvaziri That’s horrifying.
Show threadMarioJan 10
@tvaziri why????
Show threadJanne OjaniemiJan 10
@tvaziri I have been pretty meh on the animated artwork so far, as it has been pretty low-key. But this is so horrible that I need to banish it from my devises.
Show threadNoah Mittman Jan 11
@tvaziri kinda feel like this is far more a "record labels love AI slop and have access to show animated art" than a "Apple allows animations" problem
Show threadAnton PalmqvistJan 11
@tvaziri WTF
Show threadMarc Robinson Jan 11
@tvaziri 🤢