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On 6/13/24 8:53 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Jun 13, 2024 at 2:03:01 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Rick Beato thinks we've reached the point he's been warning about: AI
>> is now able to generate music that many people can't recognize as AI.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbo6SdyWGns [9]
>>
>> Strangely enough, his kids, who are WAY more knowledgeable about music
>> than most kids, can easily spot the AI songs where Beato himself has
>> trouble.
>>
>> I truly hope AI can't do engraving, otherwise BTR1701 may not be able
>> to do it for money any longer!
> 
> I've seen demonstrations of what purport to be the cutting edge of AI scanning
> and recognition software when applied to music and while it does a good job
> with clearly legible handwritten notation of one-line melodies and simple
> chords, the moment it's given a page of something like Jerry Goldsmith's score
> for ALIEN,


What are some of the examples of "something like that?"


  with both it's terrible penmanship and grainy/faded image quality
> that's been copied and recopied a dozen times, the software has the equivalent
> of a nervous breakdown and produces something out of a George Crumb fever
> dream:
> 
> https://ibb.co/j8zKYxv
> 
> So I think I'm safe from musical Skynet for now.


Yes, you should stick with the hackmanship that is John Williams the lesser.