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Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts.

Walk My Walk and Livin’ on Borrowed Time by the outfit Breaking Rust topped Spotify’s “Viral 50” songs in the US, which documents the “most viral tracks right now” on a daily basis, according to the streaming service. A Dutch song, We Say No, No, No to an Asylum Center, an anti-migrant anthem by JW “Broken Veteran” that protests against the creation of new asylum centers, took the top position in Spotify’s global version of the viral chart around the same time. Breaking Rust also appeared in the top five on the global chart.

These three songs are part of a flood of AI-generated music that has come to saturate streaming platforms. A study published on Wednesday by the streaming app Deezer estimates that 50,000 AI-generated songs are uploaded to the platform every day – 34% of all the music submitted.

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[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (19 children)
[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yet is on our hands to change it!
Companies don't understand, we have to stop using their products.
Luis Rosman Till the end!

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You can't convince me that's not manufactured

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Americans love slop music, whether by AI or a committee of writers behind a sexy singer.

[–] peanutbutter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Manufactured isn't even a word people use. It was made up by sleepy Joe. (Can't believe I have to add /s)

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

Okay, then I won't try.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 2 days ago

“Synthetic music”, no you mean AI slop but want to keep inflating the bubble the Guardian

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like to not get music advice from charts. I don’t think I’ve heard AI music. I’m going to not look for it.

[–] blackbarn@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spotify won't tell you that it is even if you do happen to stumble upon it.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Serious question: Let's say you hear a song on Spotify, and you like it, add it to your favorites, etc., then later find out it was AI. Do you stop enjoying it? If so, why?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

I've unfollowed and purged real artists for less

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I’d stop listening to it in simple protest. I want to hear music made by people. I have no interest in ai crap. If we keep allowing ai then the real artists will cease to exist. The young people won’t pursue a career in music. Why would they?

F ai

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[–] brutalist@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I would. I have a difficult time separating art from the artist and couldn't currently bring myself to willingly listen to AI music. Mostly because it's a soulless conglomeration of what "good music is supposed to sound like" rather than art created by an actual human who has something to say. But to be fair, I feel the same about any pop or country hit that is churned out for the sole aim of getting a hit.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The horrific actions of Ian Dankins made me unable to listen to Lostprophets songs, so if I don't immediately spot the "underwater" quality of genAI songs...

[–] tal@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Note that I submitted a San Francisco Chronicle article about this yesterday. One thing that came up during the discussion is that while there may be a lot of people streaming the song on Spotify, at least according to one source, the Billboard chart that was topped was a small-volume one, so it may not be as significant as it sounds.

https://lemmy.today/post/41573347

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago

Volume aside, I find Billboard charts equivalent to JD Power awards as they've always been rigged via payola schemes and the fact that nearly the entire nation's radio stations are owned by a single company iHeartRadio/Clear Channel. The music industry is picking winners and losers not the listening public.

This may be different with streaming but that platform makes it really easy to rig the system with bots.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 points 2 days ago

Yes, masses like simple shit. Fast food, superhero movies and simple tunes with easy to understand lyrics.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

If AI generated slop raises to the top of the charts, it tells a lot about the perceived quality of the human-made slop there.

[–] SalaciousBCrumb@lemy.lol 7 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Can someone make some AI music to counter the alt right AI music?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm sure you could, if you want.

https://suno.com/

https://udio.com/

They're either using one of those or a similar service.

I don't think that it's gonna be all that rewarding, though.

I mean, do you really want to be trying to get in a yelling match with someone else over politics, each trying to drown the other out?

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Love it lmao, I lost it at "TLSv1.3 IN TLSv1 3 OUT"

[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 4 points 2 days ago

If you're looking for AI-generated anti-AI music, we've got that (mildly NSFW).

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah I was thinking why not make some punk rap antifa song similar to Bob Vylan.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 2 days ago

You can be the change you want to see.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

I don't use spotify but I wonder how many plays were because the next song algorithm "decided" that these songs will now be heard by everyone.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I wonder how many of the listeners were bots.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Turns out a lot of people like how it sounds.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

If it sounds better to the masses that human slop, so be it.

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago

Gonna stay on YouTube with my subscriptions (music) and on my CDs and Vinyls.

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