As AI-generated music floods streaming platforms, questions bubble over whether listeners are owed more transparency.

A survey published last week suggested 97% of respondents could not spot an AI-generated song. But there are some telltale signs - if you know where to look.

Here’s a quick guide …

  • No live performances or social media presence

  • ‘A mashup of rock hits in a blender’

A song with a formulaic feel - sweet but without much substance or emotional weight - can be a sign of AI, says the musician and technology speaker, as well as vocals that feel breathless.

  • ‘AI hasn’t felt heartbreak yet’

“AI hasn’t felt heartbreak yet… It knows patterns,” he explains. “What makes music human is not just sound but the stories behind it.”

  • Steps toward transparency

In January, the streaming platform Deezer launched an AI detection tool, followed this summer by a system which tags AI-generated music.

    • beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Babies don’t complaint about the little turtle with lights that sings tunes while going around and around.

      Like the horse feared, it was replaced by a cart that doesn’t need a horse and not by horses driving cars. Thr music industry will be replaced by AI music made by a bunch of guys in a basement. It’s Okay. Some people will still sing during dishwashing, showers, in the car, and at karaoke night.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      Because if no actual artist was involved in its creation, I’m not giving money to a corporate suit who pushed a few buttons on a computer.

      • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        Look, the guy has a point. This is a very real metaphysical conundrum. Who would’ve guessed that we would have a whole new metaphysical conundrum to sink our teeth in in 2025?

        It’s an important conversation, and interesting. I have very strong opinions on art, but I can’t quite wrap my head around how to relate to AI generated art.

        • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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          10 hours ago

          I can’t quite wrap my head around how to relate to AI generated art.

          Simple. It’s not about art at all. But about “artists”.

          Let’s use an example. Let’s say that you’re a rich person and you want to hire someone to paint a landscape portrait for you. You tell them in detail exactly what you want and they go and do it. Does that make you an artist? Of course not. It makes you the procurer

          So if we replace that hired painter with a computer, does that mean that because no human artist was involved that the title of “artist” automatically reverts to the procurer, meaning the person that told the computer what to do? No.

          Regardless of who (or what) creates the art, the person telling them/it what to paint isn’t a damn artist and doesn’t deserve any financial reward.