Matthew Sheffield2d 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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Show threadMatthew Sheffield2d ago

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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Show threadJonathan2d ago

@mattsheffield

I would just mention that I'm not sure those are users. There are a ton of what look like fake comments on these AI generated garbage songs.

Show threadMatthew Sheffield2d ago

@jmcrookston That seems unlikely considering that AI generated music is overwhelmingly popular on YouTube.

It's in every single genre, much with hundreds of thousands of views.

Show threadAndrocat

@mattsheffield

Youtube allows people to buy boosting, so "popular on youtube" means nothing other than "is paying for placement".

@jmcrookston

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