Rare Soul

[diablo175]

 

[gtone]

That's some funky shit right there!...

[Disturber]

I hate AI. It's not fun. It delutes the value of art, pictures, literature, music etc. 15 years from now kids won't care about history anymore. Or they won't know what was real or AI created. History will be totally fucked up. Who will bother to write original music anymore. 

[diablo175]

On 5/9/2024 at 2:22 PM, Disturber said:

I hate AI. It's not fun. It delutes the value of art, pictures, literature, music etc. 15 years from now kids won't care about history anymore. Or they won't know what was real or AI created. History will be totally fucked up. Who will bother to write original music anymore. 

Geez, I thought I was just posting a little harmless mirth.  Didn't realize I would strike a nerve about technology, creativity and originality.

Oh well, I thought it was amusing.

 

[Jim85IROC]

1 hour ago, diablo175 said:

Geez, I thought I was just posting a little harmless mirth.  Didn't realize I would strike a nerve about technology, creativity and originality.

Oh well, I thought it was amusing.

 

It was funny.  He must be here from TGP.  Poke him and say "I think my Epiphone is great!"  If he throws a fit, then he's from TGP.

 

All joking aside, I came across that video a week or so ago.  My kids and I laughed like hell.  It was fun.  There's also some real good that can come from it.  One of my favorite artists is Randy Travis.  He had a massive stroke in 2013, but now with this tech, "he" was able to sing again, and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to hear "him" sing again, even if it wasn't really him.

[Disturber]

5 hours ago, diablo175 said:

Geez, I thought I was just posting a little harmless mirth.  Didn't realize I would strike a nerve about technology, creativity and originality.

Oh well, I thought it was amusing.

 

It's funny. Still AI really starting to get damn tiresome already. 

[mathman]

8 hours ago, Jim85IROC said:

It was funny.  He must be here from TGP.  Poke him and say "I think my Epiphone is great!"  If he throws a fit, then he's from TGP.

 

All joking aside, I came across that video a week or so ago.  My kids and I laughed like hell.  It was fun.  There's also some real good that can come from it.  One of my favorite artists is Randy Travis.  He had a massive stroke in 2013, but now with this tech, "he" was able to sing again, and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to hear "him" sing again, even if it wasn't really him.

Really, It is still and has always been the humans doing the stupid mean shit.  Just different tools in different eras.

[JGale]

The cruelty IS the point.

[cynic]

On 5/11/2024 at 7:39 AM, Jim85IROC said:

One of my favorite artists is Randy Travis.  He had a massive stroke in 2013, but now with this tech, "he" was able to sing again, and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to hear "him" sing again, even if it wasn't really him.

That sounds as legit as hologram rock shows.

[Disturber]

On 5/11/2024 at 2:39 PM, Jim85IROC said:

It was funny.  He must be here from TGP.  Poke him and say "I think my Epiphone is great!"  If he throws a fit, then he's from TGP.

 

All joking aside, I came across that video a week or so ago.  My kids and I laughed like hell.  It was fun.  There's also some real good that can come from it.  One of my favorite artists is Randy Travis.  He had a massive stroke in 2013, but now with this tech, "he" was able to sing again, and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to hear "him" sing again, even if it wasn't really him.

 

[crunchee]

Taking a cue from the OP, here's the latest in stage wardrobe...and yes, it's an actual advertisement currently making the rounds on US cable TV, I shit you not:

Men's Liberty TV Spot, 'The Guitarists' - iSpot.tv

[JGale]

“Incontinence can interrupt the flow of a set list, and choosing to wear diapers can make your confidence take a hit.”

[velorush]

On 5/9/2024 at 1:22 PM, Disturber said:

I hate AI. It's not fun. It delutes the value of art, pictures, literature, music etc. 15 years from now kids won't care about history anymore. Or they won't know what was real or AI created. History will be totally fucked up. Who will bother to write original music anymore. 

His pants!  You understand, he's soiled his pants? 

The song is detailing the travails of a man who failed to make it to the facilities and has consequently filled his trousers.

The woes of carrying about in underpinnings filled with excrement surely out measure any hesitance to embrace artificially generated expressions of said travails.  Surely!

The song expresses an uncomfortable and awkward social situation not to mention, practically, a biohazard. 

Certainly not a stretch for a human-programmed machine to have the capability of grasping the sheer existential horror.

[diablo175]

At the risk of ruffling some more technology and creativity feathers, here’s another in the same vein:

 

Edited May 13, 2024 by diablo175

[velorush]

I sense a theme.

Lemme see if I got this straight: AI is suddenly a reality.  Certain human proclivities are unavoidable in AI, as it is programmed by humans.  AI's efforts are morphing toward potty humor.

Makes sense to me.

 

I now understand what Elon et. al. were so worried about... 

[tommy p]

The music was OK but the verses were just streams of words with no real phrasing or rhyming.  I'm sure it was supposed to be funny, but I didn't care for that at all.

[Jim85IROC]

On 5/12/2024 at 11:29 PM, cynic said:

That sounds as legit as hologram rock shows.

Whatever.  I liked it.

[Jakeboy]

AI is simply not human by definition. It may be hilarious, it may actually be well-written or played, but it’s fake. It is artificial. Taking the human creativity out of it while acknowledging that humans programmed the algorithms doesn’t make it better for me. There are enough funny old blues records from the 20s and 30s to listen to that are at least performed by real human beings. There is enough artificiality in society already. I don’t want it in my music too, inasmuch as I can avoid it. But I am prolly in the minority. 

When musicians embrace AI, then music is in trouble. Rant over. Get off my lawn.

[soli'd]

On 5/13/2024 at 6:28 AM, crunchee said:

Taking a cue from the OP, here's the latest in stage wardrobe...and yes, it's an actual advertisement currently making the rounds on US cable TV, I shit you not:

Men's Liberty TV Spot, 'The Guitarists' - iSpot.tv

Looks like George Porter Jr. on bass.  Guitar player is lucky to get that gig, continent or not.

[velorush]

Incontinence?  Pfffffft.  P-Funk (Gary Shider) had that covered in the seventies!

[specialk]

 

[diablo175]

12 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

AI is simply not human by definition. It may be hilarious, it may actually be well-written or played, but it’s fake. It is artificial. Taking the human creativity out of it while acknowledging that humans programmed the algorithms doesn’t make it better for me. There are enough funny old blues records from the 20s and 30s to listen to that are at least performed by real human beings. There is enough artificiality in society already. I don’t want it in my music too, inasmuch as I can avoid it. But I am prolly in the minority. 

When musicians embrace AI, then music is in trouble. Rant over. Get off my lawn.

I guess I could understand all the furor over this if it was intended to be anything but a bit of harmless joking around. No one's presenting this as a viable, comparable bit of soul music. There's zero danger of these gag songs pushing someone out of being able to create legit music or competing against the organic, real McCoy stuff of that era. Taken in the correct context, it's harmless enough.

But I respect that you might not find the scatological humor all that amusing. For this permanent adolescent, bathroom humor will always be funny. Now I'ma poop on your lawn. Nyah nyah nyah.

[Jakeboy]

You’re right @diablo175. I have a chip on my shoulder regarding AI in music. Now to go scoop your shit outta my yard lol.

[diablo175]

12 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

You’re right @diablo175. I have a chip on my shoulder regarding AI in music. Now to go scoop your shit outta my yard lol.

Come and make me, boomer.

Edited May 19, 2024 by diablo175