The alarming thing in this little sub thread is that I am not wholly certain that none of you are joking. That is where we are now.
I am not joking. I am also uncomfortable accepting that humans will eventually not be the best creators of art enjoyed by humans.
Then don’t accept it. Because it is fundamentally untrue.
Why do you think it is anything other than inevitable? You think that models cannot learn how to make music that humans will enjoy?
You are watering down “the best” here, IMO. This definition leads towards “the most efficient production”, not “the highest art”.
But sure, if you don’t care that a human isn’t involved in doing it. Personally it’s not negotiable to me and I think more people believe this than you might expect.
I do see it as inevitable that models will create the best of everything. I completely understand that some humans will choose to reject anything not created by a human.
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As the guy who started this subthread, I was joking — but I expect it will come true anyway. The whole industry seems bent on removing humans from the production of all goods and services, so someone somewhere will try to optimize humans out of music and the humanities in general. Whether they succeed is an open question.
Isn’t every industry trying to eliminate human labor? Nothing will prevent humans from making music. Being paid for making recordings was already a dying business model due to digital reproduction making copyright toothless.
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