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1. keiferski · 1790255905 · focus · HN ↗

   In the world of arts/media, I think AI basically only has a future as a hidden thing. Openly admitting that you used AI to make something will be used against you, in order to dismiss your work. For a lot of people/things, it already is - see Hank Green, or the daily comments about "I don't want to read what you didn't write."

   Expect a massive marketing reversal in 6-12 months, when every "AI-powered" company removes the keyword from their home page.

   1. tengbretson · 1790256722 · focus · HN ↗

      That used to be true of autotune too. It was either tastefully hidden, or obvious and trashy. Then projects like 808s and Heartbreak and Tha Carter III put it front and center and it's been a legitimate tool ever since.

      I didn't know if generative ai has a strong enough signature to go through the same evolution, but I wouldn't be shocked if it did.

      1. vconnor · 1790265998 · focus · HN ↗

         Autotune is legitimate as a surgical tool, used as little as necessary so you can't ever hear it, not when it's front and center as they have tried to do in the 2010 era of awful.

         AI is still in the 2010 autotune phase, where more is better.

         1. pvab3 · 1790341192 · focus · HN ↗

            I don't have a problem with the T-pain style of autotune. The worst form of it when it's used on every single note without the ridiculous note-snapping effect that makes it so obvious

            I could come up with a thousand examples, but I remember when I was in college and listening to a lot of 90s music. Blink 182 had this album come out, and I couldn't even listen to 3 seconds of vocals because of the insane amount of pitch correction grinding the life out of everything:

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=lic0oCDMfwk&amp;t=15s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=lic0oCDMfwk&amp;t=15s

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