Interesting podcast, thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware of MusicLM yet and just downloaded the paper and listened to the various samples on https://google-research.github.io/seanet/musiclm/examples/. MuseNet still produces more credible pieces from my point of view (practicing musician/composer/producer for decades) than the models based on raw audio files (like MusicLM); the latter lack true musical concepts as you expect from a human composer, or it just sounds like you listen to more than one piece at the same time; it might be suited to impress non-musicians though. So there is still much room for improvement.