Post #2689988

2026-05-09 06:07 UTC

@smallcircles@social.coop Well, I play drums, but I don’t have a band, so I started experimenting with AI to make music. I play the drums myself — everything else is AI-generated, but the lyrics. The result is epic metal in Latin, which is probably not the kind of thing you easily find on the market today. https://m.keinpfusch.net/share/L5rKU39jta Honestly, I was surprised by how good the result turned out. In some ways, it feels more inspired than a lot of generic heavy metal from past decades. That’s why I sometimes find the strong rejection of AI music a little theatrical. Modern music production has already relied for years on heavy editing, autotune, quantization, synthetic sounds, and industrial production pipelines. We accepted all of that as part of the evolution of music, so I’m not sure AI is such a dramatic break from the past. Of course AI won’t replace human creativity, emotion, or musicianship. This was replaced by pop music already. But as a creative tool, especially for independent people who don’t have a full band or a studio behind them, I think it can open some genuinely interesting possibilities.

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@smallcircles@social.coop 2026-05-09 16:04

@uriel@x.keinpfusch.net yes, very nice, thank you. The whole #AI thing is quite interesting from a Social experience design perspective. #SX has Humanity and Freedom as intrinsic values, and the aim is to develop unobtrusive, harmonious, and humane technologies that serve people's needs. From that perspective I am anti #LLM as the disruptive introduction in society is totally irresponsible, making it inhumane technology. Yet unlike with blockchain there are also undeniable upsides, numerous positive applications of the technology too. I think the biggest near-term risk is the dehumanization and further erosion of social fabric between humans, which is to the benefit to festering #hypercapitalism and the #EpsteinClass who ultimately owns the technology. SX defines #CALMculture, for Constructive activism-led movements. I think the way I see most people conduct #activism against AI, closing ears and ostracising AI fans, is doomed to be ineffective. CALM involves cocreating pathway towards solutions.

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