Long but interesting piece. There's indeed a lot to say about our relationships to tools in general and generative AI in particular. It's disheartening how it made obvious that collaborative initiatives are diminishing. In any case, ambivalence abounds in this text... for sure we can't trust the self-appointed stewards of the latest wave of such tools. The parallel with Spirited Away at the end of the article is very well chosen in my opinion. The context in which technologies are born and applied matters so much.

They are clearly making a statement here. Feeling uneasy about it? Well you should.

You love artists and their music? You probably should get off Spotify then... because they're clearly at war to reduce even further how much they pay artists. Clearly it's not about discovering artists anymore, it's about pumping cheap stock music to increase their margin. Also its clear the remaining musicians trapped in that system will be automated away soon... you don't need humans to create soulless music.

Interesting little tricks to create music and sound variations to guide the user.

Alright, this is definitely a cool hack.

Really cool and fun experiment. Surprisingly relaxing I find.

The copyright system is utterly broken at that point. This kind of lawsuits don't make any sense.

Looks like a funny tool to generate music.

Very interesting initiatives... I wonder what they will lead to legal wise.