“The danger is not that AI will replace jazz musicians. The danger is that we will stop being able to tell the difference between music that costs something and music that costs nothing…” already happened. Not to the old ones that have experienced live or recorded music made by humans with little to no manipulation, but for the younger that all their musical experience comes from commercial music created by humans yet sounding like robots and sequenced on Protools. This music which has been the norm for the last 20 years prepared the floor to the AI slop.
AI has no real artistic/aesthetic sense. It has no sense(s) at all. A=Artificial. All AI does is reap and regurgitate. Here's a translation (hecho a mano)
The artist: disciple, abundant, multiple, restless.
The true artist: capable, practicing, skillful;
maintains dialogue with his heart, meets things with his mind.
The true artist: draws out all from his heart,
works with delight, makes things with calm, with sagacity,
works like a true Toltec, composes his objects, works dexterously, invents;
arranges materials, adorns them, makes them adjust.
The carrion artist: works at random, sneers at the people,
makes things opaque, brushes across the surface of the face of things,
works without care, defrauds people, is a thief.
Denise Levertov, “The Artist,” translation of Toltec Códice de la Real Academia, fol. 315, v. With the help of Elvira Abascal who understood the original Toltec.)
I'm going to assume that this essay is written by Bret Primack. You never know, these days. I AM a true artist, I'm not worried about being replaced. My lived experience is compelling enough. The interface between the surface of my skin and the outer world is called "feeling", i.e. not emotion but pure skin-sense. Feeling is the gateway to everything else. The misnomer of "artificial intelligence" doesn't strike the ear well. It sounds as hollow as it may well be. As a tool of our functioning daily lives I don't trust it. Why should I? It ain't going away. In many ways, Bret, you are far better informed than I am. You're doing your job! Thank you!
True “generative product” is a threat to those who seek power and control. The opportunity to censor what is presented and offered has become greater than ever in this “brave new world”. I can see this greater struggle growing.
I’m afraid that this:
“The danger is not that AI will replace jazz musicians. The danger is that we will stop being able to tell the difference between music that costs something and music that costs nothing…” already happened. Not to the old ones that have experienced live or recorded music made by humans with little to no manipulation, but for the younger that all their musical experience comes from commercial music created by humans yet sounding like robots and sequenced on Protools. This music which has been the norm for the last 20 years prepared the floor to the AI slop.
AI has no real artistic/aesthetic sense. It has no sense(s) at all. A=Artificial. All AI does is reap and regurgitate. Here's a translation (hecho a mano)
The artist: disciple, abundant, multiple, restless.
The true artist: capable, practicing, skillful;
maintains dialogue with his heart, meets things with his mind.
The true artist: draws out all from his heart,
works with delight, makes things with calm, with sagacity,
works like a true Toltec, composes his objects, works dexterously, invents;
arranges materials, adorns them, makes them adjust.
The carrion artist: works at random, sneers at the people,
makes things opaque, brushes across the surface of the face of things,
works without care, defrauds people, is a thief.
Denise Levertov, “The Artist,” translation of Toltec Códice de la Real Academia, fol. 315, v. With the help of Elvira Abascal who understood the original Toltec.)
I'm going to assume that this essay is written by Bret Primack. You never know, these days. I AM a true artist, I'm not worried about being replaced. My lived experience is compelling enough. The interface between the surface of my skin and the outer world is called "feeling", i.e. not emotion but pure skin-sense. Feeling is the gateway to everything else. The misnomer of "artificial intelligence" doesn't strike the ear well. It sounds as hollow as it may well be. As a tool of our functioning daily lives I don't trust it. Why should I? It ain't going away. In many ways, Bret, you are far better informed than I am. You're doing your job! Thank you!
True “generative product” is a threat to those who seek power and control. The opportunity to censor what is presented and offered has become greater than ever in this “brave new world”. I can see this greater struggle growing.
Yes, more struggle on the horizon.
Clear as day. This is the perfect distinction and a very good way of explaining what’s at stake.