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Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that's different”::Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's reassuring that this opinion is based on many years of experience reading scientific papers, implementing these models and following the trends closely!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was really hoping the comments would be some sort of “what the fuck does he know?”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more or less only (that is mainly) useful for building components that you then use in your man-made tracks. It's a tool, just like AI image generators are tools albeit there the replacement use-case is substantial. AI-generated voice also needs to be considered in this context I think.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, a word from a global expert on AI, Barrack Obama. I hope he’s a bit better at it than he is at world peace!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And now human music.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

AI: the new boogie man.

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