You yourself have reported that AI company stocks have gone into the toilet. Don't you think the Hollywood executives would notice that, or are they still drunk and stoned like they always are?
Let the silence be deafening! Sing it out: AI has NO place in the arts. None. Let humans be inspired by humans, not data to be culled. The unions are trying, but personal experience suggests they won't be enough. The hope? Because AI is coming for everyone, the action that didn't happen for working musicians, extras, dancers, and VO's etc, will now.
I’m a musician. Unfortunately I see AI “product” improving by leaps and bounds (just my opinion and we all know the old saying). I think the general public will like the fake stuff and I don’t think they’ll hold the fakeness against it. I don’t know where this will end up. It’s a race to the bottom. I think at some point we may be absolutely delighted. We shall see.
It doesn't matter who makes it. Consumers of art have never cared who the artists are. They only care about how the art makes them feel. You and me, as perceptive consumers of art, are going to be unsatisfied by AI slop. The masses probably won't give a shit, and that's what these fuckin companies are banking on.
Sadly, I imagine most people don’t care if something is AI-generated as long as they are entertained by it. AI is all over social media. As even worse, people who should know better are using it. I see writers on Substack using AI-generated images for their stories because it makes it easy. But I doubt they would be so keen to use AI if it replaced their writing. I see YouTube ads with “musicians” promoting the use AI to finish their tracks. No band or talent required.
Live music is the last refuge for musicians. Once hologram concerts become acceptable, real musicians will be a novelty. And as AI improves, it is likely no one will be able to tell what is real or fake. These are sad times for artists.
As an audiophile, I have $$$ in my LPs, but I stream 80-90% of the time.
I would expect that AI films will dominate at 80-90% or more in 10-20 years, if not sooner. Human films will be for connoisseurs who watch as I listen to LPs now.
Love that you write this. And. A favorite? Please 🙏 remove the last sentence about 12year olds: “… Maybe a few twelve year olds and fools, …”. I have raised 6 children. They were not fools at 12 years old. I taught 12 year-olds and they were the opposite of gullible fools. I, myself as a 12year old, convinced our principal to make the shop teacher stop hitting us with his 12” ruler that he called the “rule of education”. Thank you!!
Paul & Friends... Thank you! Brilliant! And so sad it has to be a thing.
I belong to a couple of different find jobs sites relating to music composition, and one of the recurring jobs is where you create music, and submit so AI can evaluate it and use it to learn.
How stupid is that? You're teaching something to replace yourself in the future. Makes me shiver and shudder. I wonder if AI will ever learn fear. Maybe it will become fearful of the Creators. Perhaps James Cameron nailed it so many years ago.
It's not just musicians and writers who are affected. Photographer's images are being scraped from the web and used to train AI image generation platforms, creating a huge amount of AI slop images and (for the most part) not compensating photographers, while doing so.
Let us hope that people "hear" what McCartney is telling us. Unfortunately, the US has fallen under a tyranny that believes in "de-regulation" as a matter of religious faith. I am very much afraid that without a leash and muzzle, AI will make that bull in the china shop look like a positive development.
Most people don't know they're listening to "AI music". It's not new, either. "Drum machine". But if you show them music that's organic, "That doesn't sound right" is the response. https://youtu.be/CHxKeUzLtjM
Actually, McCartney draws from an old, but culturally pervasive art movement from the early 20th century: Dadaism (ref. Hugo Ball, Zurich 1916). It was the epitome of nihilism and anti aestheticism. PM's potent work shows it still is.
One facet of all this to consider is people’s love for celebrities. It isn’t just the music or movies that the audience responds to, it’s also the humans behind them—who they’re dating, what they’re wearing, the feuds they’re involved in, the way they interact with their fans.
I have to believe that Tilly Norwood will never be as interesting to people as Blake Lively or Olivia Wilde, and music fans will pick Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift over AI music-generators every time. As weird as it sounds, maybe parasocial relationships will be the thing that saves us all.
You yourself have reported that AI company stocks have gone into the toilet. Don't you think the Hollywood executives would notice that, or are they still drunk and stoned like they always are?
Let the silence be deafening! Sing it out: AI has NO place in the arts. None. Let humans be inspired by humans, not data to be culled. The unions are trying, but personal experience suggests they won't be enough. The hope? Because AI is coming for everyone, the action that didn't happen for working musicians, extras, dancers, and VO's etc, will now.
It has no place anywhere!
Protest music exists… here’s something. Just happens to be played with real instruments by a bunch of nobodies…
https://youtu.be/LfZrvytsACg
Wow. It’s just more and more powerful 🙏
I’m a musician. Unfortunately I see AI “product” improving by leaps and bounds (just my opinion and we all know the old saying). I think the general public will like the fake stuff and I don’t think they’ll hold the fakeness against it. I don’t know where this will end up. It’s a race to the bottom. I think at some point we may be absolutely delighted. We shall see.
It doesn't matter who makes it. Consumers of art have never cared who the artists are. They only care about how the art makes them feel. You and me, as perceptive consumers of art, are going to be unsatisfied by AI slop. The masses probably won't give a shit, and that's what these fuckin companies are banking on.
Sadly, I imagine most people don’t care if something is AI-generated as long as they are entertained by it. AI is all over social media. As even worse, people who should know better are using it. I see writers on Substack using AI-generated images for their stories because it makes it easy. But I doubt they would be so keen to use AI if it replaced their writing. I see YouTube ads with “musicians” promoting the use AI to finish their tracks. No band or talent required.
Live music is the last refuge for musicians. Once hologram concerts become acceptable, real musicians will be a novelty. And as AI improves, it is likely no one will be able to tell what is real or fake. These are sad times for artists.
And the local acts will be bringing portable screens and projectors with a human being the emcee.
As an audiophile, I have $$$ in my LPs, but I stream 80-90% of the time.
I would expect that AI films will dominate at 80-90% or more in 10-20 years, if not sooner. Human films will be for connoisseurs who watch as I listen to LPs now.
For children’s fables perhaps - but otherwise? No.
Love that you write this. And. A favorite? Please 🙏 remove the last sentence about 12year olds: “… Maybe a few twelve year olds and fools, …”. I have raised 6 children. They were not fools at 12 years old. I taught 12 year-olds and they were the opposite of gullible fools. I, myself as a 12year old, convinced our principal to make the shop teacher stop hitting us with his 12” ruler that he called the “rule of education”. Thank you!!
What an outstanding form of protest. McCartney is leaving it all on the field. Even in his 80s. It's a sight to behold. https://joedonatelli.substack.com/p/thank-you-paul-mccartney
Paul & Friends... Thank you! Brilliant! And so sad it has to be a thing.
I belong to a couple of different find jobs sites relating to music composition, and one of the recurring jobs is where you create music, and submit so AI can evaluate it and use it to learn.
How stupid is that? You're teaching something to replace yourself in the future. Makes me shiver and shudder. I wonder if AI will ever learn fear. Maybe it will become fearful of the Creators. Perhaps James Cameron nailed it so many years ago.
Peace!
It's not just musicians and writers who are affected. Photographer's images are being scraped from the web and used to train AI image generation platforms, creating a huge amount of AI slop images and (for the most part) not compensating photographers, while doing so.
Let us hope that people "hear" what McCartney is telling us. Unfortunately, the US has fallen under a tyranny that believes in "de-regulation" as a matter of religious faith. I am very much afraid that without a leash and muzzle, AI will make that bull in the china shop look like a positive development.
Most people don't know they're listening to "AI music". It's not new, either. "Drum machine". But if you show them music that's organic, "That doesn't sound right" is the response. https://youtu.be/CHxKeUzLtjM
Actually, McCartney draws from an old, but culturally pervasive art movement from the early 20th century: Dadaism (ref. Hugo Ball, Zurich 1916). It was the epitome of nihilism and anti aestheticism. PM's potent work shows it still is.
My sad bet is on the bots. So many people don't listen to music, they just have it on the background. I'm a musician, but that's what I see.
The people following Ted are the outliers. Sure there will be small studious and indies making cool stuff, but it will be hard to find.
One facet of all this to consider is people’s love for celebrities. It isn’t just the music or movies that the audience responds to, it’s also the humans behind them—who they’re dating, what they’re wearing, the feuds they’re involved in, the way they interact with their fans.
I have to believe that Tilly Norwood will never be as interesting to people as Blake Lively or Olivia Wilde, and music fans will pick Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift over AI music-generators every time. As weird as it sounds, maybe parasocial relationships will be the thing that saves us all.