Re:Gen Z Resentment Toward AI Grows as Adoption Stagnates an...
by microtonal on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:08AM
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I feel like a lot of the stuff my nieces listen to are AI music.
Didn't we all start as kids listening to music that is so formulaic that it could as well be AI-generated? A subset of people iteratively refines their music tastes and starts listening everything from bebop to obscure Canadian hardcore bands and will recognize quality in music.
Re:Gen Z Resentment Toward AI Grows as Adoption Stagnates an...
by dragontamer on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:13AM
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I'm not of the opinion that art is dead.
But I am of the opinion that AI slop is displacing a lot of would-be beginner musicians and making it even harder for them to break out.
For better or worse, a lot of beginner artists were relying upon my nieces and their classmates) clicking on their music and sharing them for Spotify $$$.
Re:Gen Z Resentment Toward AI Grows as Adoption Stagnates an...
by thunky on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:34AM
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I'm looking forward to being able to play an endless stream of (background) music that is generated on the fly with my preferences, never to be heard again by anyone unless I hit a button to capture what I last heard. How cool would that be? I'm tired of scouring through volumes of sounds I don't enjoy to find a rare nugget.
I feel like a lot of the stuff my nieces listen to are AI music. It's like a hodgepodge of popular songs with little rhyme or reason. Very 'sloppy' but if they like it....
It's hard for me to confirm if they really are AI or not. But I'm willing to bet that (random Roblox game they're interested in today) == heavily AI made. Maybe there's some real human effort here or there but I have heavy suspicions.