What are our feelings about it? Everyone seems to be using it nowadays, whether it be to replicate the voices of long-lost stars, like John Lennon and George Harrison on the newest Beatles record, Now and Then and imitating Stephen Fry's voice on the new Harry Potter audiobooks. Or artists using it to put characters into situations they would never have been seen in, and yes, I will include pornographic pieces. Deepfake technology is becoming more and more scarier and I personally, am not a fan of it.
With that being said, I use AI technology in some of my art now, and I think it can be quite a useful tool, if used correctly. IE, not using it to show Emma Watson being DPed by two dudes. What are your guys feelings about it?
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1956firebird:
Why is everyone saying "AI"? It's not. AI is a self-determining (sentient) computer program, an individual identity. What you're all calling AI is properly called Advanced Intelligence programming, which is decidedly not a self-determining individual. For 30 years, manipulating photos has been referred to as Photoshopping. Similarly, manipulating audio is Mixing or Remixing, which is what you are all talking about in this case. Elvis Presley's 2002 A Little More Conversation is a Remix by Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg). And the Beatles' Now And Then is a Remix too, nothing more. The problem is, McCartney, like all of you, think an advanced computer program is AI. Whereas, MAL (Machine-Assisted Learning), the program he refers to, is still just an advanced computer program. "AI" is just the current buzzword. We're still a long way from achieving the reality. Grr! etc 😄 Just enjoy the music, folks ❤️
robertbluesman:
I’ve listened to The Beatles latest remasters intently, and caught most of the news stories and personal interviews of the surviving studio production members. They admit Sir George Martin was an absolute wizard at developing new recording techniques on the fly, especially when the original masters were mixed… stuff like putting the microphone in front of a playback speaker already tweaked to enhance the multi-voiceover style so prevalent with the early Fab 4. I’m reading he also would occasionally let his fingers drag the tapes in later sessions to enhance the psychedelics. These tweaks were very aptly carried over into the 2009 box set which I love tremendously, and which also produced the first stereo versions of older masters - perfectly done and a trick in itself worthy of Houdini. But in these latest ones it’s sometimes bland, off key, and I struggle to wrap myself around each Beatle’s voice. They often sound like wedding band imitators. Then I see stuff like Jeff Lynne and Dani Harrison may have dubbed over the stuff that couldn’t be recreated from Martin’s old masters. And after several more listens I must say I hear Lynne more than I hear Lennon. Not hating per se, just befuddled over quasi sacred rock and pop music getting chewed up then presented as an authentic remaster just for shits giggles and greed.