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DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction. I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. - Joanna Maciejewska You could add music

We already have machines that do laundry and dishes.

Who ever says this have not done laundry :)

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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I am interested in using AI-driven music composition tools in new ways, and Lyra 2 sounds impressive, but a) so far, using these tools leaves me feeling a little meh, and b) we are in between the before and after times right now, witnessing the transition to the world of AI content and we're definitely losing something.

Prompt: Hazy, fractured UK Garage, Bedroom Recording, Distorted and melancholic. Instrumental. A blend of fractured drum patterns, vocal samples that have been manipulated and haunting ambient textures, featuring heavy sub-bass, distorted synths, sparse melodic fragments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNog4qB-mHQ&t=5s&pp=2AEFkAIB

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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>Waitlist They still haven't learned, wow. Someone in there really wants to drive Google to the ground.

Leadership wrote the requirement "launch by X date if you want to get promoted".

Rank and file said "absurd".

Middle management figured out a way to claim success to leadership while keeping rank and file from quitting.

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction. I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. - Joanna Maciejewska You could add music

Nothing stops you from doing art and writing, just like nothing is stopping someone today from riding a horse, running a marathon or rowing a boat.

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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Music models are not interesting to me unless I can use them to edit and remix existing music. Of course none of them let you do that to avoid being sued by the labels.

Agreed to some extent, but I don't think you'll have too long to wait before that comes to pass. It can't possibly be that hard to build a model that will disassemble a given song into its original tracks, like a Fourier transform that yields drums, strings, keyboards, and vocals rather than sines and cosines. Equally unlikely that such a model will be too large to run locally.

We will get some very cool tools -- and some very cool remixes - when that happens.

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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It seems to struggle to create music with a strong identity. It is great if you want to make a poor imitation of top 40 hits. But the thing about top 40 type music is that the best music is already in the Top 40. It remains to be seen if there is as strong a demand for a music chart filled with slop as there is demand for a music chart filled with pop tunes by celebrities. I don't think audio files are the right outp…

> It is great if you want to make a poor imitation of top 40 hits.

generation models in a nutshell

Re: DeepMind releases Lyria 2 music generation model

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post #9

You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction. I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. - Joanna Maciejewska You could add music

We already have machines that do laundry and dishes.

Loading and unloading them and folding clothes makes it not good enough yet. There are so many things a humanoid robot could do around a house.

Laundry, dishes, picking up clutter, taking out the trash, wiping down surfaces and dusting, pulling out weeds etc. I actually think we’re somewhat close to gettin g like that relatively soon.

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