That should be titled "What if Steven Tyler and Aerosmith covered Paint it Black?" It really sounds like him.

It's an AI cover band extravaganza!

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Ok this is banger...

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That was allsome.

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It's great because it's very similar to the original.

not sure if i like this or not

Ok I concede, AI has won.... I love these.

50 Cent 80s Rock is fire....

I want it that way is actually good....

And Primus Winona's Beaver soul jam is the funniest damn thing I have heard I a while....

Is the joke that there aren't actually AI music covers because all of these posts are blank white space with no links?

I feel really dumb right now.

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Ok I concede, AI has won.... I love these.

50 Cent 80s Rock is fire....

I want it that way is actually good....

And Primus Winona's Beaver soul jam is the funniest damn thing I have heard I a while....

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Raiderjay said:

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Ok I concede, AI has won.... I love these.

50 Cent 80s Rock is fire....

I want it that way is actually good....

And Primus Winona's Beaver soul jam is the funniest damn thing I have heard I a while....

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My issue is on mobile. So many issues with TA iOS lately, goodness.

Anyway, these covers are incredible. This thread is why actors/musicians are scared ****less of AI and they should be.

I see people on twitter and whatnot complaining that AI songs and other media doesn't have "soul". I think that is a cope.

It seems that 99% of pop music nowadays revolves around the person, not the music. That if musicians like Brittany Spears were ugly, then nobody would know their name. Their music isn't good enough to justify it's popularity on it's own. And it's not just appearance, it's something appealing about the musician. That Taylor Swift didn't have a great marketing team, then nobody would know of her either. Now, Taylor Swift could record the sound of her taking a dump, and millions would still buy it (as apparently evident by her last album).

But AI music can be judged based on the quality of the music alone. That if an AI song ever makes top 40, then it will have to be because the song is actually really good. Not because of superficial BS.

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I see people on twitter and whatnot complaining that AI songs and other media doesn't have "soul". I think that is a cope.

It seems that 99% of pop music nowadays revolves around the person, not the music. That if musicians like Brittany Spears were ugly, then nobody would know their name. Their music isn't good enough to justify it's popularity on it's own. And it's not just appearance, it's something appealing about the musician. That Taylor Swift didn't have a great marketing team, then nobody would know of her either. Now, Taylor Swift could record the sound of her taking a dump, and millions would still buy it (as apparently evident by her last album).

But AI music can be judged based on the quality of the music alone. That if an AI song every makes top 40, then it will have to be because the song is actually really good. Not because of superficial BS.

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hmmm - good thought. Similar to the Milli Vanilli phenomenon. They inserted cool lookin' dudes to help sell music that the not-as-cool-looking musicians actually made.

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I'm beginning to think AI will drive more people to live music.

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Except now even people singing live can use pitch correction and Autotune

Maybe I'm just not thinking it through, but does this stuff really threaten artists? The person making the AI can only release these versions for free unless they have the owner of the song's permission or have paid to re-record it. Even then, how are they going to make any money off of it? It's a novelty act; something people would listen to once and then move on. AI can't go on tour or play a concert. I guess you could have AI write a song and then "sing it in the style of AC/DC" but who would pay for that over the real AC/DC?

A few years ago when deep fake got hot, there was a pretty convincing video of a back to the future "remake" with Tom Holland and Robert Downey Junior as Marty and Doc Brown. it was interesting, but again, a novelty, not something that was going to make real money.

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Maybe I'm just not thinking it through, but does this stuff really threaten artists? The person making the AI can only release these versions for free unless they have the owner of the song's permission or have paid to re-record it. Even then, how are they going to make any money off of it? It's a novelty act; something people would listen to once and then move on. AI can't go on tour or play a concert. I guess you could have AI write a song and then "sing it in the style of AC/DC" but who would pay for that over the real AC/DC?

A few years ago when deep fake got hot, there was a pretty convincing video of a back to the future "remake" with Tom Holland and Robert Downey Junior as Marty and Doc Brown. it was interesting, but again, a novelty, not something that was going to make real money.

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I assume they are talking about original music. Not covers.

might be great, I'm not giving it the clicks.

I'm sure they'll miss your one click. That'll show 'em!

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I see people on twitter and whatnot complaining that AI songs and other media doesn't have "soul". I think that is a cope.

It seems that 99% of pop music nowadays revolves around the person, not the music. That if musicians like Brittany Spears were ugly, then nobody would know their name. Their music isn't good enough to justify it's popularity on it's own. And it's not just appearance, it's something appealing about the musician. That Taylor Swift didn't have a great marketing team, then nobody would know of her either. Now, Taylor Swift could record the sound of her taking a dump, and millions would still buy it (as apparently evident by her last album).

But AI music can be judged based on the quality of the music alone. That if an AI song ever makes top 40, then it will have to be because the song is actually really good. Not because of superficial BS.

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It is soulless though. I don't want to listed to precisely engineered corporate pop either.

One of my ai favorites. Not a cover though. Also, from like a year ago, so I am sure it was a little more work than just a single prompt.

This is how you are supposed to use AI.

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I see people on twitter and whatnot complaining that AI songs and other media doesn't have "soul". I think that is a cope.

It seems that 99% of pop music nowadays revolves around the person, not the music. That if musicians like Brittany Spears were ugly, then nobody would know their name. Their music isn't good enough to justify it's popularity on it's own. And it's not just appearance, it's something appealing about the musician. That Taylor Swift didn't have a great marketing team, then nobody would know of her either. Now, Taylor Swift could record the sound of her taking a dump, and millions would still buy it (as apparently evident by her last album).

But AI music can be judged based on the quality of the music alone. That if an AI song ever makes top 40, then it will have to be because the song is actually really good. Not because of superficial BS.

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It is soulless though. I don't want to listed to precisely engineered corporate pop either.

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If this thread was created 10 years ago, and wasn't about AI, then nobody here would be able to tell that they were computer generated. We would just think they are really good covers of beloved songs. This notion of "soulless" is completely bogus.

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Michael Bolton was soulless and he wasn't AI. Good music is authentic, creative, passionate. AI will have a harder time with those aspects. Not impossible, but harder.

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If this thread was created 10 years ago, and wasn't about AI, then nobody here would be able to tell that they were computer generated. We would just think they are really good covers of beloved songs. This notion of "soulless" is completely bogus.

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Yeah there are a slew of "coffee shop" style covers of rock songs -- acoustic, moody, etc. -- that are done by real artists.

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I see people on twitter and whatnot complaining that AI songs and other media doesn't have "soul". I think that is a cope.

It seems that 99% of pop music nowadays revolves around the person, not the music. That if musicians like Brittany Spears were ugly, then nobody would know their name. Their music isn't good enough to justify it's popularity on it's own. And it's not just appearance, it's something appealing about the musician. That Taylor Swift didn't have a great marketing team, then nobody would know of her either. Now, Taylor Swift could record the sound of her taking a dump, and millions would still buy it (as apparently evident by her last album).

But AI music can be judged based on the quality of the music alone. That if an AI song ever makes top 40, then it will have to be because the song is actually really good. Not because of superficial BS.

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It is soulless though. I don't want to listed to precisely engineered corporate pop either.

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If this thread was created 10 years ago, and wasn't about AI, then nobody here would be able to tell that they were computer generated. We would just think they are really good covers of beloved songs. This notion of "soulless" is completely bogus.

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Michael Bolton was soulless and he wasn't AI. Good music is authentic, creative, passionate. AI will have a harder time with those aspects. Not impossible, but harder.

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I'm sure we could find a gazillion people who think Michael Bolton's music was full of "soul". You just don't like it.

I bet that if there was a challenge for your favorite ("soulful") group to keep their next album secret, and for somebody to use AI to generate a companion album, that you you wouldn't be able to reliably identify which songs were real and which were AI.

Ok some of these 80s synth pop covers are ****ing amazing.

In da club 80s hard rock is probably the best so far though. Also there's a soul version of don't look back in anger that is also amazing.