Jack Antonoff Have A Message For People Who Write Music Using A.I.

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Jack Antonoff posted a journal entry on Instagram on Wednesday in which he slammed those who use AI to make music and art as “godless whores.”

“What we do has become an ancient ritual,” wrote the 13-time Grammy winner. “You don’t have to write music, you don’t have to record it and you don’t have to bring out the band and play it. And yet for us, the idea of optimizing what we do is a complete miss of the entire point of what compels us in the first place. We (myself, the band and everyone I know, frankly) have never been looking for this work to become quicker or easier. We were never frustrated by the randomness and magic it takes. We do it for that exact reason, and without the process itself, nothingness.”

Antonoff then went on the attack against those looking to invade the world of art and music with AI.

“So to everyone who is gassed up about the new ways you can fake making art, by all means drive right off that cliff,” he added. “We’re genuinely happy to see you go. Generations coming will be engaging in the ancient ritual of writing, recording and performing as it comes to us from God. So as we embark on this strange detour where the bad actors will willingly reveal themselves through slop, and the struggling great will be further spread thin to make an honest living doing what they were put on Earth to do, we (myself, the band and frankly everyone I know) remain more dedicated than ever to reveal what comes from within. Writing music, recording and performing it — that’s it. Nothing more embarrassing than considering there is a way to optimize that holy process.”

Antonoff is generally considered one of the most prolific pop producers of the 2000s. He had collaborated with such artists as Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, FKA twigs, Sia, Clairo, St. Vincent and Troye Sivan. He is also the front man and founder of the rock group Bleachers.

 

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[Roughhouse Dandy 13,215]

Not an untruth was spoken. So much of the beauty we get from music comes from the work. The process. Bypassing that sucks the soul and innate magic out of it all. It stops being art and just becomes a product to consume and discard.

The "contentification" of media in general has already led to a lot of the problems we have today: shortening attention spans, stan culture becoming more toxic, politics devolving into team sport, film critique becoming a cesspool of everyone thinking they know better than the artists, etc. 

Involving AI in music making is only going to make the slope we're slipping down steeper imo

Edited 4 hours ago by Roughhouse Dandy

[Ladle Ghoulash 45,020]

15 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Not an untruth was spoken. So much of the beauty we get from music comes from the work. The process. Bypassing that sucks the soul and innate magic of of it all. It stops being art and just becomes a product to consume and discard.

The "contentification" of media in general has already led to a lot of the problems we have today: shortening attention spans, stan culture becoming more toxic, politics devolving into team sport, film critique becoming a cesspool of everyone thinking they know better than the artists, etc. 

Involving AI in music making is only going to make the slope we're slipping down steeper imo

Re: the contentification of media and shortening attention spans: I saw someone *on this website* saying REQUIEM was boring because it was just Gaga playing instruments and performing without choreo for an hour. I think, to your point, the way art as “content” becomes increasingly divorced from the act of creating, the less audiences feel compelled to identify with the artist and appreciate the output as a necessary product of labor; instead they judge and consume it in the way people judge TikToks or reels: did it immediately capture my attention? Does it automatically make me feel good? 

Part of my appreciation for artists and performers comes from the work I’ve done as an artist and a performer: being able to see and imagine how much went into what’s being presented creates a level of investment and wonder that can literally never be recreated by something puked up by a computer. Art will always be an act of striving for expression, for catharsis, for joy and, in the absence of a striver, there is no art.

Edited 11 hours ago by Ladle Ghoulash

[PartySick 171,216]

Because the entire point of art is to translate the artist's soul into a medium that can be understood by the viewer's/listener's senses.

Drawings and paintings aren't just pictures, music isn't just sound.

[faysalaaa 5,295]

25 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Not an untruth was spoken. So much of the beauty we get from music comes from the work. The process. Bypassing that sucks the soul and innate magic of of it all. It stops being art and just becomes a product to consume and discard.

The "contentification" of media in general has already led to a lot of the problems we have today: shortening attention spans, stan culture becoming more toxic, politics devolving into team sport, film critique becoming a cesspool of everyone thinking they know better than the artists, etc. 

Involving AI in music making is only going to make the slope we're slipping down steeper imo

So why not change and take full control instead of giving full power to AI and complain about it? 

[Controversiaga 13,611]

Ground breaking 

how brave 

[SevenWonder 4,686]

Hell yeah, Jack.

[Hadrian 1,859]

... godless whores?

But yes, to hell with AI crap.

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,215]

2 hours ago, faysalaaa said:

So why not change and take full control instead of giving full power to AI and complain about it? 

Gonna need clarification. Not sure what youre getting at tbh

[River 124,966]

Because AI generates better sh-t than his recent music  lol

But AI music is indeed atrocious lol

 

[Lucas 30,312]

I mean, yeah. But maybe Jack should use AI considering how flat and boring and uninspired his production has been in the past years.

[Future Lovers 7,361]

6 hours ago, faysalaaa said:

So why not change and take full control instead of giving full power to AI and complain about it? 

What does this even mean? 

[littlepotter 75,948]

He's right but god i despise him and he is so obnoxious

[Ladle Ghoulash 45,020]

8 hours ago, Hadrian said:

... godless whores?

But yes, to hell with AI crap.

Honestly, pop off and clock their a$$e$, Miz Antonoff