...or Frank Sinatra?
In any case, the question that needs to be answered ASAP is -- who the fuck is responsible for this stuff?
I can't believe it's AI generated, but if it isn't -- i.e., if it's recorded/produced/performed by actual living musicians -- why the hell can't I find any credits for it?
Also -- if it really is AI, then please just kill me now.
Seriously, when I first chanced upon that "Waiting for the Man" clip over the weekend, I played it for a youngster music fan/friend of mine who immediately said "gotta be AI." To which I responded -- "Nah. It's too good."
But now, having heard a bunch more of these things, and -- as I said, without being able to find any living musicians willing to put their names on it -- I am reaching the depressing conclusion that, yeah, it is machine-generated.
And I can't tell you how terrifying that strikes me.
I mean, that's straight out of some Isaac Asimov sci-fi story about computers replacing mankind that does not end well. 😎
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No kidding. Where you been?
i read a lot of science fiction as a child - heck, as a teenager a friend and i went to the world science fiction convention in washington, dc - discon - and we heard isaac asimov speak in person - this was 1963
so, speaking as someone who, back in the twentieth century, was a member of the world future society, i feel i have the background to say - the old future is gone
and i think skynet running things, cyborg-based immortality, and interstellar empires are all part of the old future - climate change, the sixth extinction [maybe including us], and all the other consequences of ecological overshoot loom ahead of us and indeed have already started - the car is heading for the brick wall, metaphorically speaking - latest election results mean it will speed up, instead of possibly slowing down some
i could be wrong, though
meanwhile, enjoy the holiday - may moments of love, peace and joy come to us all
there's a zen parable about "the tigers and the strawberry"
Just thinking about the possibility of the songs being AI generated leaves me for once without one of my wise guy quips!
Silenced Captain Al
Much of the Led Zeppelin stuff is pretty funny. That said, regarding robots doing it all, it does suck.
Just a thought:
Using AI maybe The Kinks can now finish that last album they’ve been sitting on for the last 30 years.
Works for me!
:-)
Captain Al
Put off the end of the world until Thursday. For now just bask in the love (for you, BG, and Mickey) of your many friends, of whom I am one.
Sniffle. Thanks pal -- and back at ya.
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