Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

Re:Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation by bitshiftfaced on Friday January 16, 2026 @11:55AM (#46648622)

The same dynamic that propped up blacksmiths, potters, tailors, etc.: the absense of scaling/automating technology. There is still demand for authentic artisanal crafts and the "good feeling" that these people can earn money, but the magnitude has been reduced to the farmer's markets.

I can see a similar thing playing out with music. There will still be some token demand, but people will not pay the same when they can have a magic, infinitely producing on-demand, tailored-to-their-taste music machine, at vanishingly small marginal costs.

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Re:Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation by LunaSea on Friday January 16, 2026 @01:41PM (#46650197)

I would agree with your analysis but the conclusion you make of your analysis is that this is a good thing?

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Re:Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation by bitshiftfaced on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:07PM (#46650668)

Just a realistic thing. Or, a good thing for consumers, a bad thing for producers (and a bad thing for producers who are actually consumers in disguise of a desired lifestyle and/or status).

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Re:Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation by LunaSea on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:45PM (#46651191)

It's only realistic if you let it happen.

Good for consumers is highly debatable since we'd lose one more social connection in life. Something we are running a very high debt tab for already.

We would also lose musical knowledge since all the full-time musicians would have to stop playing. Only amateur musicians would remain.

And the "desired lifestyle" / "desired status" would be transferred to the already very, very rich and powerful AI company CEOs. Such an improvement ...

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