I like to call myself a hobbyist musician. If I could give the chord progression I just played on my piano to an AI and have it spit out ideas for melodies or more chords for a chorus that would go well with my 4 chords then I'd be a much happier, more productive, more creative musician, and I would learn from that. It would make me a better musician. AI doesn't hurt me, it boosts my creativity and my productivity. It's like a partner with infinite patience.
A filler-producing artist who can't rise above the level of generated content isn't much of an artist. Both are merely recycling pre-existing ideas.
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." I don't agree 100% with that quote but I've heard it a lot in the past as a response to my complaints about the lack of originality in a lot of creative fields. Suddenly, with the advent of generative AI, it's not true anymore.
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I like to call myself a hobbyist musician. If I could give the chord progression I just played on my piano to an AI and have it spit out ideas for melodies or more chords for a chorus that would go well with my 4 chords then I'd be a much happier, more productive, more creative musician, and I would learn from that. It would make me a better musician. AI doesn't hurt me, it boosts my creativity and my productivity. It's like a partner with infinite patience.
A filler-producing artist who can't rise above the level of generated content isn't much of an artist. Both are merely recycling pre-existing ideas.
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." I don't agree 100% with that quote but I've heard it a lot in the past as a response to my complaints about the lack of originality in a lot of creative fields. Suddenly, with the advent of generative AI, it's not true anymore.