Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that's different” ( musictech.com )

Sterile_Technique , 7 months ago

...so I've been on a shit load of elevators, and I don't recall a single one of them having music. For as common a trope as it is, you'd think elevator music would be more common in actual elevators.

prole , 7 months ago

It's not as common as it used to be, but I think the point was kind of that you're not supposed to notice it?

Look into "muzak" (the style of music. Apparently it's also a brand according to Google), and some of Brian Eno's ambient albums like "Music for Airports" (which is definitely a bit more sparse than elevator music, which was often like smooth jazz versions of classic songs), but along similar lines.

I don't like to think I'm that old, and I 100% remember elevator music.

Edit: was possibly thinking of "musique concrete" rather than muzak.

IchNichtenLichten , 7 months ago

I love Eno’s ambient music but it’s really distinct from the cheesy musak you’re referring to.

BeautifulMind , 7 months ago

But do we really need AI to generate art?

Why can't AI be used to automate useful work nobody wants to do, instead of being a way for capital to automate skilled labor out of high-paying jobs?

IchNichtenLichten , 7 months ago

I don’t think it’s really helpful to group a bunch of different technologies under the banner of A.I. but most people aren’t knowledgeable enough to make the distinction between software that can analyze a medical scan to tell me if I have cancer and a fancy chat bot.