[ExI] AI-generated music videos

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Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat wrote:

> I reckon that country music (if that example is representative) and (c)rap 'music' (which hardly counts as music in my opinion) are opposite ends of a spectrum. Or one extreme end of a spectrum, depending on how you structure the spectrum. The majority of the spectrum contains listenable, if anodyne, music, and a small part of it contains music that is variously good, great, fantastic and sublime. I don't think AI has generated any examples of the last two types of music, but I have heard good examples of AI generated classical music, and I'm sure there are many examples of routine pop, which tends to be very boring these days, at least to my ears.
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> I doubt that you could call that video a 'good example' of AI generated music video. If you're into things like K-Pop or game music, there are probably some much better examples.
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> One thing that occurred to me this morning is that I probably don't like the video that spike provided because of the 'uncanny valley' effect. The characters just don't behave in a human-like manner and don't look real. Maybe that's enough to explain my dislike of it. I'm probably overreacting to the actual music. I'll try listening to the music without looking at the visuals.  When I feel brave enough.
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I'm not a gamer so don't ever hear game music.  And I gave up on radio 
long ago - just rubbish out there.  Maybe it has changed but I kinda 
doubt it.  I'm totally with you on the (c)rap stuff. Shudder.

The "uncanny valley" effect was certainly there.   Ugh.  I'm not going 
to spend time listening to any more of that video, nor looking at it as 
it really is spooky how much it reminds me of my former neighbor.

Music preferences are very personal.  I like the music running in my own 
head - it suits me fine.  I'm very old-school. ;)

If you do have good examples online of AI generated classical, that 
could be of interest.

Regards from a grumpy old person,
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