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People are completely used to autotune in music now, and the same will happen with ai usage (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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There was (and still somewhat is) a big uproar about auto tune usage in music. But guess what? You haven't heard a song NOT using it since at least 1998. Unless youre friends with every sound engineer out there and can ask them specifically if an artist did or did not use it (unrealistic).

The same will happen with ai. People wont notice, and it will go on to be the norm, with a very small pocket of purists.

ITT: People are really butthurt that their favorite artist uses autotune/pitch correction, and they have no idea how mixing and production work. These will be the same people listening to ai music in 5 years with no knowledge of it. So my prediction is correct.

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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Autotune is not driving up electricity costs for everyone whether they use it or not. AI is.

American households have seen their electricity bills rise 30% since 2021. This is contributing heavily to rising cost-of-living concerns across the country. At the center of these price hikes is the AI revolution, and the sector’s projected expansion means the increased costs are unlikely to level off any time soon.

The AI data centers sector, hungry for power, which accounts for much of the increased energy demand, is projected to undergo double-digit annual growth through the end of the decade. This far outpaces what the existing electrical grid and its operators are prepared to manage. Consumers are finding themselves footing the bill for the excess strain on the system. A study published by Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University predicted an increase in household energy costs of 8 percent nationally by 2030, with up to 25 percent increases in select regional markets.

At some point, people will get sick of this AI nonsense and stop allowing the data centers in their communities.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 7 points 5 days ago

I may "be used to" Autotune, but it's not in 90%+ of the music I listen to.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Most proponents argue that the grid needs to be updated anyways, and more efficient power generation is being developed, and also the fact that 1 gaming pc uses many many times the energy of a prompt.

Everything you just said could have been used to scare people about electricity. Or the internet.

I dont agree they'll get sick of it, sadly. WE hate it because we know better, but normal everyday people absolutely love it and are asking grok what to eat for their next meal and what shoes to buy. Its in the zeitgeist and people want it constantly.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

1 gaming pc uses many many times the energy of a prompt

That's a pretty stupid comparison. I think some of your arguments make sense, but on data centers, it's absolutely a bubble. Read about this: https://apnews.com/article/big-tech-data-centers-electricity-energy-power-texas-pennsylvania-46b42f141d0301d4c59314cc90e3eab5

They're putting the cart before the horse. You can't have data centers without electricity. You think any of these data center companies are investing in producing more electricity? No, because it's a bubble.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago

Yeah its a bad deal. But people say its their new Google, and they're not going to stop using it