WFMU: The Wiggle Room: Playlist from August 6, 2024

The Wiggle Room: Playlist from August 6, 2024

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August 6, 2024: The Wiggle Room w/ BC Sterrett playing an hour of AI Generated Songs/Music
Playing a full hour of AI composed/involved music (at least those that are appropriate for airplay). I'm not saying these good songs, but an exploration of what has been going on lately with this stuff. This AI stuff is getting out of hand, and now taking over your radio. I'm playing a youtube playlist I created, so ads may pop up here and there. All part of the AI experience.

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Anna Indiana	Betrayed By This Town	YouTube video (Jubi Tips)	7,838 views Dec 23, 2023 #aisongs #ai #aisong Hello world! I’m Anna Indiana and I’m an AI singer-songwriter. Here’s my first song, Betrayed by this Town. Everything from the key, tempo, chord progression, melody notes, rhythm, lyrics, and my image and singing, is auto-generated using AI. I hope you like it 💕	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Doris Knight	I Think My Cat Wants to Kill Me	Youtube Video (Almost Vinyl)	The first AI song I listened to months ago which launched the journey of this collection.	0:03:34 (Pop-up)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Sings About Rainbows	Youtube Video (BrianMonarch)	The voice of this one is not AI, but the visual footage of Arnold singing is computer generated.	0:05:33 (Pop-up)
Sony CSL (Paris)	Daddy's Car "Daddy's Car" by "Sony CSL (Paris)"	Youtube Video	a song composed with Artificial Intelligence - in the style of the Beatles	0:06:47 (Pop-up)
AI Magic	UNFORGETTABLE Mashup😲🔥 Johnny Cash Sings Barbie Girl	Youtube Video by AI Best Songs	Experience the unexpected as Johnny Cash's legendary voice meets the iconic hit 'Barbie Girl' in this AI-powered mashup. Witness the magic of AI music creation and immerse yourself in a world of musical possibilities. Don't miss out on the fun – subscribe now and be part of our daily journey through the enchanting world of music! 🎶💫 - AI Best Songs	0:09:56 (Pop-up)
DeepSpacePixel	Vintage Halloween Vibes	Youtube Video	"I've been going through a very rough patch in my personal life so I've been listening to a lot of vintage Halloween music for comfort. I ran out of videos so I tried "making my own". I don't know anything about producing music so I made this using AI tools. It took me a couple of days while bored at work to find the right track and then I had to edit out a bunch of sections that were complete gibberish." - DeepSpacePixel	0:11:44 (Pop-up)
Edna Pearl and The Glenn’s Men Ten	Get The Hell Out Of Our House [1940s big band jazz vinyl]	Youtube Video by Almost Vinyl	@dreamlandnightmare 1 month ago Lyrics written by a human, but the music and vocals were generated by an AI. - Youtube comment	0:15:41 (Pop-up)
Flow Machines	Mister Shadow "Mister Shadow" by "Flow Machines"	Youtube Video by Sony CSL (Paris)	Scientists at SONY CSL Research Lab have created the first-ever entire songs composed by Artificial Intelligence: "Daddy's Car" and "Mister Shadow". The researchers have developed Flow Machines, a system that learns music styles and exploits unique combinations of style transfer, optimization, and interaction techniques, Flow Machines is meant to be an interactive tool that can suggest new melodic creative ideas. "Mister Shadow" is composed with Flow Machines, in the style of American songwriters such as Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. French composer Benoît Carré arranged and produced the song, and wrote the lyrics.	0:17:35 (Pop-up)
a Eurovision song created by Artificial Intelligence	Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears	Youtube Video by Sweaty Machines	We are a group of artists, musicians and programmers that wanted explore human creativity and challenge it. We have created a Eurovision AI song that celebrates Eurovision – its melodrama, kitsch and camp, its humor and its gimmicks. The result is comprised entirely of material written and composed by Artificial Intelligence, titled "Blue Jeans & Bloody Tears". The project team fed hundreds of Eurovision songs – melodies and lyrics – into a neuron network. Then, algorithms produced thousands of new tunes and lines of verse, from which a few musical units were carefully selected and “welded” into a song. - Sweaty Machines	0:20:38 (Pop-up)
Jerome "J.T." Taylor	Blame It On the Alcohol (1975)	Youtube Video by AI For The Culture	@914digital7 4 weeks ago This *%#@ is mind blowing. If I found this in a record shop, I would be shaking. And I am kind of shaking that this was made with a computer. (Youtube comment)	0:23:54 (Pop-up)
ChatGPT	Overconfident AI Writes Dumb Song About Itself (real)	Youtube Video by sirrandalot	10,236 views Mar 31, 2023 ChatGPT wrote some mediocre lyrics, so I made it into a song and animated it.	0:28:06 (Pop-up)
AI	A Christmas song about a dead rat, written by AI	Youtube Video by Peter C. Davidson Music	No other info.	0:30:21 (Pop-up)
A-I-Conic	Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Music composed with AI	Youtube Video by Tristan Behrens	- Composition, Arrangement, Production: GPT-MMD, Tristan Behrens - Vocals, Inspiration: Dominika Heublein - Lyrics: GPT-3, Dominika Heublein, Tristan Behrens	0:32:49 (Pop-up)
Martin "Cuff Daddy" Thomas	Bonnie and Clyde	Youtube Video by AI For The Culture	5,764 views Jun 29, 2024 Martin "Cuff Daddy" Thomas was a legendary soul artist of the 1970s. Born in Wichita, Kansas Martin was arrested at the young age of 14 for a string of robberies that he committed with his then girlfriend. After being released from prison, Martin gravitated toward soul music as an outlet to express himself as well as tell his life story. In 1977, he released his smash single "Bonnie and Clyde" loosely based on his life story.	0:36:44 (Pop-up)
Mr Shadow	AI Song [Computer Dreams]	Youtube Video by Kraken Gangstar		0:40:48 (Pop-up)
Greta Thunberg	Oil Company Commercial (AI)	Youtube Video by Chris the Creator	"The content is generated using AI algorithms, and any resemblance to real persons or events is purely coincidental."	0:43:47 (Pop-up)
AI creates "New" Nirvana song	Drowned In The Sun	Youtube Video by Good Luck Chuck	27 Years after Kurt Cobain passed away at age 27 Artificial Intelligence creates a New song Enjoy! - Good Luck Chuck (Vocals however are actually by a Kurt Cobain impersonator)	0:44:44 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra	Smells Like Teen Spirit (AI Cover)	Youtube Video by AI MUSIC WORLD	@eatyoursupper 5 months ago I finally understand the lyrics after 30 years - Youtube Comment	0:47:39 (Pop-up)
AI	A.I. Sings JoJo Siwa's New Song Karma	Youtube Video by Nifty Nanners	@Nsbasement 2 months ago I would never skip an anime intro ever again if it sounded like this - Youtube Comment	0:50:21 (Pop-up)
Smash Mouth	All Star, but the AI continues the song (2 versions)	Youtube Video by Windo-Game	@jennydeaf9O9 3 months ago as a vaporwave fan i lovvve when Ai fails to make original pop music. kinda worried that as Ai advances ; these lesser versions of digital brains generating music will be lost/unavailable.- Youtube Comment	0:52:18 (Pop-up)
BobbyB \| (Ai Generated Music)	Dune the Broadway Musical	Youtube Video by Ai Waves	🔊Prompt: Teen Pop, Show Tunes, Film Soundtrack, Television Music, uplifting, playful, female vocalist, happy, male vocalist, love, sentimental, romantic, optimistic, melodic, sports, party 📝Lyrics: [verse] Paul Atrei-deez of Arrakeen the greatest leader we've ever seen they say that he's the Lissan-Al-Gai-eeb Eyes bright blue and hair jet black you should see him ride on a sandworm's back Lead us to victory Usul Moo-ah-deeb [chorus] Ohhh we love you Paul Atrei-deez The man whose gonna set the Fremen free	0:54:40 (Pop-up)
AI	Sweet Mountain Dew "Sweet Mountain Dew" by "AI"	Youtube Video by Beats By AI	Asking Ai To Make A Hit Country Song About Mountain Dew!	0:55:09 (Pop-up)
OneyPlays	I STINK - A.I RUSSIAN SONG	Youtube Video		0:57:41 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	👻 7:53pm BC Sterrett: Getting set up....
	👻 7:59pm BC Sterrett: It begins.
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 8:01pm BC Sterrett: Hello hello :)
	8:01pm Aitch: Could be scary
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: The first place my mind goes: Any Max Headroom in the playlist?
	👻 8:03pm BC Sterrett: Ha ha, these are all from the last few years
	👻 8:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:03 He was the first... and predicted this AI entertainment future that a lot of us are enjoying. AI's taking over entertainment was one of the many subplots of that show. And most things from that show have come true.
	8:06pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	👻 8:06pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:05 It's all pretty unsettling
	8:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:02 It would be nice
	👻 8:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:06 Maybe? I know a lot of people resisted drum machines - computers that can be programmed to come up with drum loops on their own - for decades, but now they are considered an essential part of dance and electronic music. Everything that's "automated" now was once vilified, historically, and are important parts of culture, now. It's all part of the story of innovation. It's only the people who misuse these tools that need to be feared. (And it's always people who ruin the party.)
	👻 8:13pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:11 I agree.
	👻 8:14pm Austin Rich: I sort of like this Halloween one. It's ALMOST like a vintage seasonal tune.
	👻 8:18pm Austin Rich: This might be one of my favorite AI songs I've heard! I can think of times I've wanted to yell, "Get The Hell Out Of Our House," but singing it would have been more appropriate, certainly.
	👻 8:19pm BC Sterrett: Ha ha. The perfect song to clear your place after a gathering
	👻 8:20pm Austin Rich: This Flow Machines composition is closer to what I was hoping people would do with AI music: lean into the weirdness, rather than try to emulate "pop" music. I was hoping we could get closer to actual "machine" music.
	👻 8:22pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:20 It's one of the best created tracks so far in my opinion.
	8:22pm Imaginos: AI should not be used to replace human talent but it does have its uses. As the only fabric writer to tackle the Imaginos saga, if I want to read something that is not mine I have to ask a machine for it. 😢
	👻 8:24pm BC Sterrett: I have the computer read stuff to me all the time. Very helpful to us slow readers. And I love to read...
	👻 8:24pm Austin Rich: This quote - "algorithms produced thousands of new tunes and lines of verse, from which a few musical units were carefully selected and “welded” into a song." I think some people assume that these songs pop out "fully formed." These algorithms are in such a remedial form, that they mostly create nonsense, and like an infinite number of monkeys, occasionally they get lucky.
	8:25pm Imaginos: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:24 Its great when its a quiet night and you can have a bedtime story read to you
	👻 8:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:22 Replacing people with machines is pretty heartless. But giving people digital tools to do their jobs better is the way of the future... I hope?
	👻 8:26pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:24 Yes, many of these seem like they required some human assembly. The notes of the Halloween track explained that as well
	8:27pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:24 Shouldn't that be an infinite number of Monkees?
	👻 8:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:26 I like when they explain how the sausage is made. But I'm always asking how the sausage is made, so maybe that's my problem?
	👻 8:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:27 Zing!
	👻 8:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Overconfident AI Writes Dumb Song About Itself (r... This is my second favorite tune so far.
	👻 8:32pm Austin Rich: Can anyone honestly tell me this "Dead Rat" Christmas song is MORE CREEPY than 99% of all Christmas songs already?
	👻 8:32pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:32 Ha ha!
	👻 8:33pm Austin Rich: I would have just assumed that was a real Christmas Song, if you were to slip that into a Holiday Playlist.
	8:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:32 I can never figure out how many gifts the true love sent. Was it one time each or increasing multiple times
	8:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: "Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Mu... Reminds me of Freak-A-Zoid.
	👻 8:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:33 Each gift multiple times seems illogical, given the way most holiday gift-giving traditions tend to go. But going big is often what you do for your true love, so it's hard to say. And the recipient doesn't really say if they like the gifts, just that they are getting them every day. Is this a stalker? Should we be worried about them?
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Mu... This one was pretty good, too. The weirder the better, I think.
	👻 8:39pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:37 Some more of the weirder ones coming up :)
	8:39pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:36 The recipients reactions are available in Father Kelly Christmas Countdown
	👻 8:46pm Austin Rich: This is pretty funny.
	👻 8:49pm Austin Rich: This fake Frank is fun, too.
	👻 8:51pm Austin Rich: One complaint I have: I wish the Algorithm got top billing in these situations. Isn't it doing a lot of the heavy lifting?
	👻 8:52pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:51 I agree, most of these aren't labeled too great. Most don't have an artist, they're just like AI did this or they give the Name of the artist being replicated.
	👻 8:54pm Austin Rich: I guess I don't remember this version of Shrek.
	👻 8:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dune the Broadway Musical" by "BobbyB \| (Ai Gener... My wife, Marla's, favorite book, is Dune! I need to send that to her.
	👻 8:57pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, BC! I always love your tours through the Wiggle Room.
	👻 8:58pm BC Sterrett: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: IS NEXT!!!
	8:59pm Aitch: That was quite disturbing. Johnny Cash Barbie a highlight.
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: Good Night! EVERYONE :)
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Aitch @8:59 <3

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Anna Indiana	Betrayed By This Town	YouTube video (Jubi Tips)	7,838 views Dec 23, 2023 #aisongs #ai #aisong Hello world! I’m Anna Indiana and I’m an AI singer-songwriter. Here’s my first song, Betrayed by this Town. Everything from the key, tempo, chord progression, melody notes, rhythm, lyrics, and my image and singing, is auto-generated using AI. I hope you like it 💕	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Doris Knight	I Think My Cat Wants to Kill Me	Youtube Video (Almost Vinyl)	The first AI song I listened to months ago which launched the journey of this collection.	0:03:34 (Pop-up)
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Sings About Rainbows	Youtube Video (BrianMonarch)	The voice of this one is not AI, but the visual footage of Arnold singing is computer generated.	0:05:33 (Pop-up)
Sony CSL (Paris)	Daddy's Car "Daddy's Car" by "Sony CSL (Paris)"	Youtube Video	a song composed with Artificial Intelligence - in the style of the Beatles	0:06:47 (Pop-up)
AI Magic	UNFORGETTABLE Mashup😲🔥 Johnny Cash Sings Barbie Girl	Youtube Video by AI Best Songs	Experience the unexpected as Johnny Cash's legendary voice meets the iconic hit 'Barbie Girl' in this AI-powered mashup. Witness the magic of AI music creation and immerse yourself in a world of musical possibilities. Don't miss out on the fun – subscribe now and be part of our daily journey through the enchanting world of music! 🎶💫 - AI Best Songs	0:09:56 (Pop-up)
DeepSpacePixel	Vintage Halloween Vibes	Youtube Video	"I've been going through a very rough patch in my personal life so I've been listening to a lot of vintage Halloween music for comfort. I ran out of videos so I tried "making my own". I don't know anything about producing music so I made this using AI tools. It took me a couple of days while bored at work to find the right track and then I had to edit out a bunch of sections that were complete gibberish." - DeepSpacePixel	0:11:44 (Pop-up)
Edna Pearl and The Glenn’s Men Ten	Get The Hell Out Of Our House [1940s big band jazz vinyl]	Youtube Video by Almost Vinyl	@dreamlandnightmare 1 month ago Lyrics written by a human, but the music and vocals were generated by an AI. - Youtube comment	0:15:41 (Pop-up)
Flow Machines	Mister Shadow "Mister Shadow" by "Flow Machines"	Youtube Video by Sony CSL (Paris)	Scientists at SONY CSL Research Lab have created the first-ever entire songs composed by Artificial Intelligence: "Daddy's Car" and "Mister Shadow". The researchers have developed Flow Machines, a system that learns music styles and exploits unique combinations of style transfer, optimization, and interaction techniques, Flow Machines is meant to be an interactive tool that can suggest new melodic creative ideas. "Mister Shadow" is composed with Flow Machines, in the style of American songwriters such as Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. French composer Benoît Carré arranged and produced the song, and wrote the lyrics.	0:17:35 (Pop-up)
a Eurovision song created by Artificial Intelligence	Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears	Youtube Video by Sweaty Machines	We are a group of artists, musicians and programmers that wanted explore human creativity and challenge it. We have created a Eurovision AI song that celebrates Eurovision – its melodrama, kitsch and camp, its humor and its gimmicks. The result is comprised entirely of material written and composed by Artificial Intelligence, titled "Blue Jeans & Bloody Tears". The project team fed hundreds of Eurovision songs – melodies and lyrics – into a neuron network. Then, algorithms produced thousands of new tunes and lines of verse, from which a few musical units were carefully selected and “welded” into a song. - Sweaty Machines	0:20:38 (Pop-up)
Jerome "J.T." Taylor	Blame It On the Alcohol (1975)	Youtube Video by AI For The Culture	@914digital7 4 weeks ago This *%#@ is mind blowing. If I found this in a record shop, I would be shaking. And I am kind of shaking that this was made with a computer. (Youtube comment)	0:23:54 (Pop-up)
ChatGPT	Overconfident AI Writes Dumb Song About Itself (real)	Youtube Video by sirrandalot	10,236 views Mar 31, 2023 ChatGPT wrote some mediocre lyrics, so I made it into a song and animated it.	0:28:06 (Pop-up)
AI	A Christmas song about a dead rat, written by AI	Youtube Video by Peter C. Davidson Music	No other info.	0:30:21 (Pop-up)
A-I-Conic	Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Music composed with AI	Youtube Video by Tristan Behrens	- Composition, Arrangement, Production: GPT-MMD, Tristan Behrens - Vocals, Inspiration: Dominika Heublein - Lyrics: GPT-3, Dominika Heublein, Tristan Behrens	0:32:49 (Pop-up)
Martin "Cuff Daddy" Thomas	Bonnie and Clyde	Youtube Video by AI For The Culture	5,764 views Jun 29, 2024 Martin "Cuff Daddy" Thomas was a legendary soul artist of the 1970s. Born in Wichita, Kansas Martin was arrested at the young age of 14 for a string of robberies that he committed with his then girlfriend. After being released from prison, Martin gravitated toward soul music as an outlet to express himself as well as tell his life story. In 1977, he released his smash single "Bonnie and Clyde" loosely based on his life story.	0:36:44 (Pop-up)
Mr Shadow	AI Song [Computer Dreams]	Youtube Video by Kraken Gangstar		0:40:48 (Pop-up)
Greta Thunberg	Oil Company Commercial (AI)	Youtube Video by Chris the Creator	"The content is generated using AI algorithms, and any resemblance to real persons or events is purely coincidental."	0:43:47 (Pop-up)
AI creates "New" Nirvana song	Drowned In The Sun	Youtube Video by Good Luck Chuck	27 Years after Kurt Cobain passed away at age 27 Artificial Intelligence creates a New song Enjoy! - Good Luck Chuck (Vocals however are actually by a Kurt Cobain impersonator)	0:44:44 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra	Smells Like Teen Spirit (AI Cover)	Youtube Video by AI MUSIC WORLD	@eatyoursupper 5 months ago I finally understand the lyrics after 30 years - Youtube Comment	0:47:39 (Pop-up)
AI	A.I. Sings JoJo Siwa's New Song Karma	Youtube Video by Nifty Nanners	@Nsbasement 2 months ago I would never skip an anime intro ever again if it sounded like this - Youtube Comment	0:50:21 (Pop-up)
Smash Mouth	All Star, but the AI continues the song (2 versions)	Youtube Video by Windo-Game	@jennydeaf9O9 3 months ago as a vaporwave fan i lovvve when Ai fails to make original pop music. kinda worried that as Ai advances ; these lesser versions of digital brains generating music will be lost/unavailable.- Youtube Comment	0:52:18 (Pop-up)
BobbyB \| (Ai Generated Music)	Dune the Broadway Musical	Youtube Video by Ai Waves	🔊Prompt: Teen Pop, Show Tunes, Film Soundtrack, Television Music, uplifting, playful, female vocalist, happy, male vocalist, love, sentimental, romantic, optimistic, melodic, sports, party 📝Lyrics: [verse] Paul Atrei-deez of Arrakeen the greatest leader we've ever seen they say that he's the Lissan-Al-Gai-eeb Eyes bright blue and hair jet black you should see him ride on a sandworm's back Lead us to victory Usul Moo-ah-deeb [chorus] Ohhh we love you Paul Atrei-deez The man whose gonna set the Fremen free	0:54:40 (Pop-up)
AI	Sweet Mountain Dew "Sweet Mountain Dew" by "AI"	Youtube Video by Beats By AI	Asking Ai To Make A Hit Country Song About Mountain Dew!	0:55:09 (Pop-up)
OneyPlays	I STINK - A.I RUSSIAN SONG	Youtube Video		0:57:41 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:53pm BC Sterrett: Getting set up....
	👻 7:59pm BC Sterrett: It begins.
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	👻 8:01pm BC Sterrett: Hello hello :)
	8:01pm Aitch: Could be scary
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: The first place my mind goes: Any Max Headroom in the playlist?
	👻 8:03pm BC Sterrett: Ha ha, these are all from the last few years
	👻 8:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:03 He was the first... and predicted this AI entertainment future that a lot of us are enjoying. AI's taking over entertainment was one of the many subplots of that show. And most things from that show have come true.
	8:06pm Imaginos: Ahoy
	👻 8:06pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:05 It's all pretty unsettling
	8:07pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:02 It would be nice
	👻 8:11pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:06 Maybe? I know a lot of people resisted drum machines - computers that can be programmed to come up with drum loops on their own - for decades, but now they are considered an essential part of dance and electronic music. Everything that's "automated" now was once vilified, historically, and are important parts of culture, now. It's all part of the story of innovation. It's only the people who misuse these tools that need to be feared. (And it's always people who ruin the party.)
	👻 8:13pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:11 I agree.
	👻 8:14pm Austin Rich: I sort of like this Halloween one. It's ALMOST like a vintage seasonal tune.
	👻 8:18pm Austin Rich: This might be one of my favorite AI songs I've heard! I can think of times I've wanted to yell, "Get The Hell Out Of Our House," but singing it would have been more appropriate, certainly.
	👻 8:19pm BC Sterrett: Ha ha. The perfect song to clear your place after a gathering
	👻 8:20pm Austin Rich: This Flow Machines composition is closer to what I was hoping people would do with AI music: lean into the weirdness, rather than try to emulate "pop" music. I was hoping we could get closer to actual "machine" music.
	👻 8:22pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:20 It's one of the best created tracks so far in my opinion.
	8:22pm Imaginos: AI should not be used to replace human talent but it does have its uses. As the only fabric writer to tackle the Imaginos saga, if I want to read something that is not mine I have to ask a machine for it. 😢
	👻 8:24pm BC Sterrett: I have the computer read stuff to me all the time. Very helpful to us slow readers. And I love to read...
	👻 8:24pm Austin Rich: This quote - "algorithms produced thousands of new tunes and lines of verse, from which a few musical units were carefully selected and “welded” into a song." I think some people assume that these songs pop out "fully formed." These algorithms are in such a remedial form, that they mostly create nonsense, and like an infinite number of monkeys, occasionally they get lucky.
	8:25pm Imaginos: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:24 Its great when its a quiet night and you can have a bedtime story read to you
	👻 8:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:22 Replacing people with machines is pretty heartless. But giving people digital tools to do their jobs better is the way of the future... I hope?
	👻 8:26pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:24 Yes, many of these seem like they required some human assembly. The notes of the Halloween track explained that as well
	8:27pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:24 Shouldn't that be an infinite number of Monkees?
	👻 8:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ BC Sterrett @8:26 I like when they explain how the sausage is made. But I'm always asking how the sausage is made, so maybe that's my problem?
	👻 8:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:27 Zing!
	👻 8:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Overconfident AI Writes Dumb Song About Itself (r... This is my second favorite tune so far.
	👻 8:32pm Austin Rich: Can anyone honestly tell me this "Dead Rat" Christmas song is MORE CREEPY than 99% of all Christmas songs already?
	👻 8:32pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:32 Ha ha!
	👻 8:33pm Austin Rich: I would have just assumed that was a real Christmas Song, if you were to slip that into a Holiday Playlist.
	8:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:32 I can never figure out how many gifts the true love sent. Was it one time each or increasing multiple times
	8:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Song: "Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Mu... Reminds me of Freak-A-Zoid.
	👻 8:36pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:33 Each gift multiple times seems illogical, given the way most holiday gift-giving traditions tend to go. But going big is often what you do for your true love, so it's hard to say. And the recipient doesn't really say if they like the gifts, just that they are getting them every day. Is this a stalker? Should we be worried about them?
	👻 8:37pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dancing with my Robot : AI Song Contest 2022 - Mu... This one was pretty good, too. The weirder the better, I think.
	👻 8:39pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:37 Some more of the weirder ones coming up :)
	8:39pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @8:36 The recipients reactions are available in Father Kelly Christmas Countdown
	👻 8:46pm Austin Rich: This is pretty funny.
	👻 8:49pm Austin Rich: This fake Frank is fun, too.
	👻 8:51pm Austin Rich: One complaint I have: I wish the Algorithm got top billing in these situations. Isn't it doing a lot of the heavy lifting?
	👻 8:52pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Austin Rich @8:51 I agree, most of these aren't labeled too great. Most don't have an artist, they're just like AI did this or they give the Name of the artist being replicated.
	👻 8:54pm Austin Rich: I guess I don't remember this version of Shrek.
	👻 8:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: "Dune the Broadway Musical" by "BobbyB \| (Ai Gener... My wife, Marla's, favorite book, is Dune! I need to send that to her.
	👻 8:57pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, BC! I always love your tours through the Wiggle Room.
	👻 8:58pm BC Sterrett: Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: IS NEXT!!!
	8:59pm Aitch: That was quite disturbing. Johnny Cash Barbie a highlight.
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: Good Night! EVERYONE :)
	👻 8:59pm BC Sterrett: ↳ Aitch @8:59 <3

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