Artificial Intelligence

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    Generating music with coding agents is the most underrated use of AI right now IMO. I created my own MCP/OSC script to interface with Ableton Live and have gotten it to the point where I can generate entire songs with notes and instruments laid out, complex effects and automation from feeding data into Claude Code.

    AI music generators like Suno are fun to play around with, but I feel like this gets at a central issue with AI art...which is that I'm not really that interested in just entering a prompt and it spitting out a final result. A couple years ago I got really into Midjourney but ultimately lost interest in it for that reason.

    But when it's a more involved process with layers and granular editing, it does feel like you created it. And AI can be a great creative tool when you're able to lean into the programming aspect of it and with music it just happens there's a lot of data available for this.

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    • Disagree. There's nothing better for the human spirit than making art or music with your own ideas, your own hands, your own mind.canoe
    • I'm talking about using it in the process of creating music, not for the AI to create everything. Think of it as a high-tech sampler or plugin.yuekit
    • ^ yeah it’s just an evolution of the tech which can be used either in a way that’s creative or lazy, like most music tools.mort_
    • That’s pretty cool yuekitmort_
    • Unfortunately I think the way AI companies and influencers presented the technology has alienated a lot of artists.yuekit
    • It's presented as low-effort, cheap replacement for humans. But the more interesting angle is to make things that wouldn't be possible without AI.yuekit
    • I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually results in new genres and styles of electronic music the same way the sampler and laptop production did.yuekit
    • Yeah I can see that happening.mort_
    • What's really interesting is that you get this emergent behavior, because AI models trained on the entire internet they have a lot of knowledge of musicyuekit
    • production techniques, and can apply that knowledge directly to setting up instruments and effects in Ableton.yuekit
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