Posted 3/22/2024, 1:09:14 AM
Suno's Viral AI-Generated Song Stirs Debate on Technology's Impact on Creativity and Culture
- Suno's new AI model can generate stunningly realistic songs from simple text prompts, including vocals
- Their song "Soul in the Machine", made from a blues prompt, went viral and stirred debates around appropriation and AI's impact
- Guitarist Vernon Reid had a strong reaction - impressed by the technical achievement but disturbed by using Black music to showcase AI abilities
- Suno won't reveal details of its training data, but an investor says they're prepared for potential copyright lawsuits
- The technology raises concerns around automating creative arts forged through human struggle and separating creativity from humanity