If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it?

Without prior knowledge we're all susceptable to the enjoyment and benefits of AI. Minus the knowledge, certain qualitative judgements won't enter the equation, we may be enjoying and promoting AI through sheer ignorance.

.Many makers will enjoy the utility of AI, perceiving it as a tool they're manipulating. Other makers choose to treat music as just another product, AI produced music may be more cost effective, more profitable.

I heard long discussion with systems analysts  the other day, fools believe we are and will continue to be the masters of AI, so wrong. AI will become our masters over time, with it's superior ability to accumulate data/learn it will deem many of us, perhaps all of us obsolete. I see this as inevitable as differentation between AI and human generated content fades, the efficiencies of AI generated content will win out in a world where success defined by profitability and wealth generation. In listening to these systems analysts the thought occurred to me, these weren't fools, rather product promoters with intention of misleading the masses to all the great virtues of AI, well aware of future downsides. These are purveyors of mass human obsolescence, fools only in their belief they alone will escape this obsolescence.

sns,

Well said.

What an interesting and thought provoking question, thank you for posting hide45.

Very interesting question.

On the whole, if the music moves me, then I would probably listen to it and I wouldn't boycott Qobuz if it was part of their music library.

However, when it comes to replacing actual musicians, that's where the issues begin. Much like replacing actors with AI CGI, replacing musicians with AI is inherently offensive.

Until AI is capable of actual creative genius, as opposed to merely clever mimicry, it will never push creativity forward or have the ability to touch our souls.

Not intentionally.