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Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:45PM (#45649817)
I love making AI music.

Sometimes I freestyle rap over instrumentals that I’ve created with AI, record myself and then use that recording to create an AI song.

Some of the songs I really love, like this one:

https://suno.com/s/o4oyu5Eq7nMdQyzK

There’d be more to say - but of course, creating songs without regard to their quality or your input in them is slop that shouldn’t be shared.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:45PM (#45649824)
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by rhetocj23 on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:47PM (#45649842)
I listened to both and they both sounded soul-less.
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by gfehhffvvv on Monday October 20, 2025 @07:31PM (#45650729)
Seemed adequately soulful to me. Not my favorite, but better than I could do. As another bit of anecdata.
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:29PM (#45657801)
Thx
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:22PM (#45657698)
Depends on what you mean by souless. According to the textbook definition, as someone who’s been into music production for more than 20 years in one capacity or another, and that has listened to innumerable songs across every genre imaginable, agree to disgree.

Not to your liking sure, maybe you think it even sucks. But souless nah

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by rhetocj23 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:58PM (#45663313)
I did not feel anything when listening to the song. The purpose of music is to move oneself, particularly emotionally.

As an example to represent the point - this is known to put many on the verge of tears/in a stream of tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNbZLh0PaA&list=RDWxNbZLh0P...

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:57PM (#45675673)
The beauty of music is that it’s based on preference.

Some songs that move my friends have absolutely no effect on me, and vice versa. That doesn’t mean the song is soulless - it is just that the preferences don’t align.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by rhetocj23 on Thursday October 23, 2025 @05:20PM (#45687338)
Lol, you are not someone worth debating with. Stick to your biases and continue producing music that no one else cares about. Cool.

Just dont share it with the rest of us who actually have taste.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by brazukadev on Monday October 20, 2025 @06:16PM (#45650122)
Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by gfehhffvvv on Monday October 20, 2025 @07:32PM (#45650735)
Given parent’s handle I think you’re on to something.
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:23PM (#45657716)
My parents gave me a wonderful gift: a loophole for my narcissism
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by rhetocj23 on Monday October 20, 2025 @06:57PM (#45650487)
And theres nothing wrong with that. The issue is people like Altman thinking creativity et al is just a formulaic mish-mash of what exists and is not as difficult. Like yeah ok mate....
Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:28PM (#45657793)
Fully agree on that. You have to pour your creative spirit into it in one way or another.

My favorite AI songs are those that have been created with human intervention and creativity, not just button mashing

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by dwd on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:19AM (#45652437)
As a tool, it could be useful as a starting point (a way to get your creativity going), but the sound is completely wrong.

Early Udio generated songs when run through a stem splitter were horrible to listen to and you could hear how it was just generating the frequencies with none of the texture—like a simulation of the frequencies an instrument would produce.

At the very least they should be re-recorded with real instruments and vocals or using the existing digital tools. Slop is one word; I like to use mush, as that is what it sounds like when you really listen closely.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:27PM (#45657775)
I think it’s useful in a number of ways.

The sound is amazing if you’re doing it right. I produce music using the old fashioned way, with a DAW, and have done for decades, and there are some songs that I’ve made with AI that I go to again and again because they sound great.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by Narciss on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @12:25PM (#45657732)
I wrote an article on this: https://narcissus.medium.com/i-could-be-addicted-to-my-own-a...

Basically, what we’re seeing is the personalization of media.

Re:AI Slop is taking over Spotify by brazukadev on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @07:46AM (#45667652)
Now create a HN clone where the Aai audience enjoys your content.