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A survey published last week suggested 97% of respondents could not spot an AI-generated song. But there are some telltale signs - if you know where to look.

Here's a quick guide ...

  • No live performances or social media presence

  • 'A mashup of rock hits in a blender'

A song with a formulaic feel - sweet but without much substance or emotional weight - can be a sign of AI, says the musician and technology speaker, as well as vocals that feel breathless.

  • 'AI hasn't felt heartbreak yet'

"AI hasn't felt heartbreak yet... It knows patterns," he explains. "What makes music human is not just sound but the stories behind it."

  • Steps toward transparency

In January, the streaming platform Deezer launched an AI detection tool, followed this summer by a system which tags AI-generated music.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe people with be more protective of their art from here on out and stop trying to make a mill off of clout.

We gave the tech companies or data. We are reaping the consequences.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because it's better than the shitty music record labels are spewing these days. It's pretty bad when computer generated music is better than some plastic pop tune "composed" by 12 "producers" who pieced together samples from 30 pieces of classic music recorded by legendary musicians, then stuck some pretty manikin in front to provide a voice to be digitally manipulated until it can be crammed into the mix.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Okay okay. First off, fuck AI yeah. But if it's becoming this indistinguishable where you need to go looking for tells that it's AI I don't think it's fair to call it bad music, just how it got there is bad.

It's like listening to Kanye West. Graduation is amazing but fuck him.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Hard disagree, because it's like with all the other forms of AI-created slop - with the real thing there's layers of meaning, and you spend time and mental energy digging into that and getting something from it. But as with AI art and AI prose, you try looking closer at it and it just makes you feel hollow and frustrated at having wasted your time.

There was no meaning, there was no symbolism, there were no clever literary allusions, there was no interplay between the melody and the lyrics, it's just superficial garbage that tricks you into giving it attention by sounding good on its first listen.

(Edit: lol touched a nerve with some shit talentless musicians)

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I listened to Kanye for years before he publicly became a Nazi and I don't think the breadth of his mind changed overnight.

I spent years defending his off-putting public personality because his music touched me from the start.

I really think our pattern seeking monkey brains are easily tricked enough to find meaning in a pile of garbage if we believe hard enough and AI represents this, not proves against it.

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[–] Natanael 3 points 3 weeks ago

I know somebody who likes using these GenAI tools for images and music now. It's too easy to recognize the style after a while, and it annoys me every time

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

If you can't even tell if it's ai and you enjoy it then I fail to see the problem.

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[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Last time I heard ai generated music an immediate tell for me was the vocals, for some reason they just sound a little bit off. Not off key, but similar to a "robot" voice filter maybe? Of course, just like AI generated images that tell will probably be "solved" soon

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you can't tell the difference and it fits how you listen to music, I guess who cares?

AI software writing up musak doesn't matter to me because I don't listen to music that way.

I'll know the bands I'm listening to are real because I will have manually downloaded their music after reading reviews, magazine articles, or things like albumoftheyear.org just like I've been doing for the last half decade.

Music streaming services suck and not only because they will promote low cost bands to you. If you actually give a shit about music then stop being so lazy as to have an algorithm fill your trough with slop and then being surprised that it's AI slop.

Or just continue eating the slop if it pleases you. 🤷

It's a bit of a contrarian take, but I think people need to start adding more intentionality to how they live their lives. If music is unimportant to you, that's fine. But nowadays everyone just watches the shows they're recommended, listens to the music that is picked out by the algorithm, and reads what is fed to them in their feeds...figure out what's important to you and curate it for yourself.

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