Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

So I listened to The Velvet Sundown on YouTube and it frankly was no better but no worse than the generic faintly country-pop pablum the studios have been churning out for decades. From my perspective, it makes no difference to me whether it is human or AI controlled. I don't care who makes money on Spotify. What I think we need to be watching for is when the emotional power of music is unleashed. Could we ever get an AI-powered Woody Guthrie or Neil Young? Or even an AI Marseillaise

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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