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

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@mattsheffield

I can tell it’s AI from how it’s mixed. They will probably figure out how to fix that someday too, but for now, AI songs are too fatiguing on the ears. There is a constant high end boost between about 9kHz to 17kHz , and then it just drops off a cliff.
I guess it makes sense that older people don’t notice as much, since we lose our ability to hear a lot of high frequencies as we age.

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Show threadMatthew Sheffield1d ago
@KydiaMusic There are some flaws in the audio, yes. Although that could be that the person who promoted couldn't recognize them to filter them out.
Show threadCat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦1d ago

@mattsheffield

No, I hear it on every AI-generated track. Much like AI-generated text, once you recognize it, it’s easier to spot. Apparently the young people (with their more keen sense of hearing) can clock it even quicker, and often refer to it as “Boomer music.”

Show threadMatthew Sheffield1d ago
@KydiaMusic Looking at the YouTube comments of Eddie Dalton, the fans definitely seem to be older.
Show threadCat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦1d ago

@mattsheffield

Interesting, it looks like a lot of those comments are bots. They follow a similar pattern and cadence, with the content all being some variation of “I’m __ years old and this is the best thing I’ve ever heard.”

No doubt designed to fool real Boomers into listening and adding it to their playlists.

There are similar bots on a lot of Taylor Swift’s YouTube videos. “I’m 73 years old and this is the first Taylor Swift song I’ve really listened to…what a talent!” etc.

Show threadCat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦1d ago

@mattsheffield

Unfortunately it must work, or they wouldn’t keep doing it. At least I do see a few people in the comments who are real, and while they initially praise the song, once they realize it’s AI, most of them are bummed about it and don’t try to defend it.

Show threadMatthew Sheffield1d ago

@KydiaMusic Based on the Deezer poll, I think you may be underestimating the number of people who would willingly listen to AI songs, because of how it makes them feel.

They don't see art as something felt by the creator and the spectator.

Show threadCat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦3h ago
@mattsheffield Oh I am well aware that there is a sizable percentage of people who have bad taste and don’t put much thought into what they choose. It’s why we have some of the leaders we do.
But most people are not passionately advocating for this option—they just passively consume it b/c it’s there. The only people who are *pushing* AI are those using it to exploit and con the rest of us: fascists, capitalists, posers, scammers, sex pests, etc.
And like I said, the push works to some degree.