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Funny to see this right now. Spotify's promotion of AI music bothered me so much that it has actually pushed me to Bandcamp and the practice of buying music again. It's really fun to build a collection knowing you're supporting the artists, download FLAC files, organize your little "collection" page ... Feels like a renaissance in my relationship with music, the most fun I've had since what.cd. Anyway, love this stan…
If you came across a song and fell in love with it, only to find out later that it was generated by ai, would you stop loving the song?
I'm a musician, but am also pretty amused by this anti ai wave. There was recently a post referencing aphex twin and old school idm and electronic music stuff and i can't help bein reminded how every new tech kit got always demonized until some group of artists came along and made it there own. Even if its just creative prompting, or perhaps custom trained models, someday someone will come along and make a genuine ar…
AI as tool is included inside almost every daw (or can be through VST) and there is no way bandcamp could enforce a strict "non AI has been used in the process" policy. I think it is sane to separate cases where a record is entirely generated by a single prompt vs AI used as instruments/tools.
Good thing that's not what Bandcamp is doing, then. To spare you a click, here's the exact wording:
"Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
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> one of my goals for the year is to find at least 2 albums per month I want to buy. Rate Your Music (RYM) has been invaluable for me in discovering loads of music, I'd highly recommend it
Please, share your method. I looked up an artist there (Dio), and then an album (Holy diver). Neither page helped me find "similar" music
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What??? Every thread on HN that touches on the topic has countless people talking about how LLM generated code is always bad, buggy and people that utilize them are inexperienced juniors that don't understand anything. And they're not completely wrong. If you don't know what you're doing, you'll absolutely create dumster fires instead of software
Sure, I am one of the people who will say that. But where are the people calling for it to be banned? Where are the stores and websites that are banning AI generated software?
If you don't like the AI workflow, humans are already offering that workflow to the richest and most successful among us. The new tech is kind of leveling the playing field in that sense. When you think about how AI is applied in other fields, it's basically on the way to giving everyone CEO powers, allowing them to delegate vague directives into action. Whether there's room for 8 billion CEOs on earth remains to be seen.
I personally think barriers to entry in certain industries are features, so we aren't drowned in a sea of careless whims and can more easily find products made with love, dedication, and well articulated intent.
> We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated.
It's going to really suck when someone eventually gets removed based on false positives... Similar problem to auto DMCA false positives.
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There's is a quite solid alternative to what.cd: https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html
Is it easy to get in as a former what cd power user rank? I found my old rippy stickers from what.cd and missed that community so much. Ptp is great and alive though.
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I share the disgust at slop music spam sneaking into Spotify's recommendation services last time I used them. But I absolutely don't agree that Bandcamp does recommendations well. To me, it seems like they don't personalize at all. Maybe you're just lucky enough to share the taste of the (at least human) taste makers at Bandcamp. Spotify's pre-enshittification Discover Weekly was miles better than whatever they do. M…
The main way I discover new music on Bandcamp is by browsing the collections of people who also own albums I love to check what else they bought.
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Your "textbook definition" is BS. A theory that someone conspires is not enough to call something a conspiracy theory. You would not call a prosecutor who accuses someone of "criminal conspiracy" a conspiracy theorist, even though they have a theory that someone is conspiring. A terrorist cell is just another example of a real type of group which obviously conspires. You're not a conspiracy theorist for believing the…
> And for the second time this week, someone demands "evidence" for expressions of distrust. Funny then that to illustrate your point you use this example: "You would not call a prosecutor who accuses someone of 'criminal conspiracy' a conspiracy theorist". You know what separates criminal prosecutors from conspiracy theorists? They have to provide evidence. Or this example: "A terrorist cell is just another example…
And sure, if you insist I'll refrain from speculating why you're so obsessed with defending a megacorporation and insisting they deserve the benefit of doubt. Feel free to provide evidence to explain. (Remember, by your own standard, your own opinions aren't evidence).