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highplainsdem

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3. Because those tools are trained illegally on stolen intellectual property, any use of them is unethical

Reply to Bluetus (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:44 PM

18 hrs ago

and a betrayal of real musicians.

Your plan to rearrange music generated by AI for a live band to perform later is in effect promotion of AI, and very harmful. Please reconsider it. AI gets enough undeserved hype from greedy corporations and tech robber barons. No real musician should add to that.

Editing to add that no use of those tools is "just for fun.". See the Bluesky replies to a teacher's union president who thought some AI slop was " fun" :
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220895856

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Bandcamp has banned all music made with AI [View all] highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

Good for them!!!!! SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1

I wish them well. It is fraught. Bluetus 19 hrs ago #2

Because those tools are trained illegally on stolen intellectual property, any use of them is unethical highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #3

And btw, what you wrote about AI being used at all levels of the music industry "for a long time" is wrong and highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #4

By "long time" I mean 5+ years Bluetus 12 hrs ago #10

I don't believe that AI music taking over is inevitable - that's propaganda from the AI companies. And highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #11

Just to be clear, my use of the AI material Bluetus 10 min ago #15

You're still likely to end up encouraging some of those people to use AI. highplainsdem 6 min ago #16

What highplainsdem said jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #7

Now, if only Spotify and the other streaming platforms... LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #5

Very cool. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #6

I absolutely can't stand ai so called music. tazcat 14 hrs ago #8

I am a happy CAMPER and have been for years. Tikki 12 hrs ago #9

I am of the view that criminal liability is the only deterrent at this point jfz9580m 2 hrs ago #12

Why aren't they all doing this? FakeNoose 1 hr ago #13

Spotify makes more money from AI-generated music. It can't be copyrighted, so they don't have to highplainsdem 11 min ago #14