🧵 AI-generated soul music by "Eddie Dalton" is taking over iTunes, YouTube, and Spotify--raising the question of where humans think beauty and art lives.

Software-made music has gotten so good now that 97 percent of people cannot differentiate it from human-made music.
https://plus.flux.community/p/eddie-dalton-isnt-real-but-what-does

Eddie Dalton isn’t real, but what does that mean?

Computer-generated soul music is taking over the internet, raising questions about where humans think art lives

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Eddie Dalton had 3 of the top 5 Apple Music songs, and all of the songs released on YouTube have hundreds of thousands of views within just days.

People absolutely love it.

"This song has touched the depth of my soul," one listener wrote on YouTube.

You can listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az5FSZzm-k8

Another Day Old (Official Lyric Video)

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The music literally hits all the right notes. And it's why RIAA and a bunch of studios and music groups are suing the AI services that people are using to make these songs for theft.

It's a valid concern. But on the other hand, so much popular music is already mechanized w/autotune & beats.

And if you are a musician who doesn't fit the corporate mold, you'll never get anywhere unless the algorithm gods rescue you.

In a study commissioned by Deezer, 80% of respondents said they wanted AI music to be labeled as such. But only 45 percent said that they would automatically filter out AI tracks.

According to Deezer, 35% of daily uploads are entirely AI-generated.

So what do the ppl who make AI music say?

Telisha Jones, the creator of a No. 1 R&B persona named Xania Monet says that she writes all of the lyrics herself, and that's what people like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBhjOToIC0

Creator of AI artist says there's "a real person behind Xania" amid controversy

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@mattsheffield

Milli Vanilli all over again