Matthew Sheffield1d ago

🧵 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

Flux
Show threadEcthompsonmd
@mattsheffield the majority of what we listen to is mediocre. Eddie Dalton is no different. It is not outstanding. It is not awful. It's middle of the road. Eddie Dalton is not Buddy Walters. He is not Buddy Guy. Again, nothing outstanding.
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Show threadMatthew Sheffield1d ago

@Ecthompsonmd Yes, that is definitely true. Almost all popular music is very mediocre.

But very few people want to admit that. They only want to say that about the music of kids these days.

Show threadEcthompsonmd1d ago
@mattsheffield Popular music has been mediocre for decades. Hell, come on, when I was growing up, songs like "Rock the Boat" were popular. That was such a piece of trash. Don't forget songs like "Kung Fu Fighting." Or disco duck.
Show threadMatthew Sheffield1d ago

@Ecthompsonmd The public hasn't cared about musical technique for probably about a century, especially in the US.

People appreciate when it's allowed to rarely surface, but they don't make it a criterion of what they will listen to.

I'm a classical and jazz snob though so this gets people angry at me sometimes, haha

Show threadEcthompsonmd1d ago
@mattsheffield there's nothing wrong with liking classical music and jazz. I love jazz. I've just started listening to a lot of Oscar Peterson lately. Man, he was fantastic.