How much AI music have you created? I've done quite a bit (and I also have 30+ years music making experience and a music degree), and I would consider it expressing oneself. You could question if photography is expressing yourself, because the camera "does it all for you".

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I can create music with real instruments so I have zero interest in AI music. I look at it like writing a book with ChatGPT.

Yeah okay you supplied a prompt, but everything that defines the actual expression in music happens in the way you pluck the strings, bend the notes, choose the chord changes.

This is akin to in photography choosing the film stock, setting the iso, framing the shot, etc.

If you aren't doing any of that, it's more like commissioning a piece from a musician or photographer. You could call yourself a producer. It can be your concept, but it's not your expression.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, I get what you're saying and that's a totally valid way of looking at it.

The way I see it is if you're not making the sound yourself, you're using some instrument to create the sound. Whether that instrument is acoustic, electric, computer, or AI is just a matter of degrees. Is a musician who creates music from samples expressing themselves?

For me with AI, I write the lyrics myself, give detailed description of how I want it to work. Then go through hundreds of generations, piecing together bits I like, regenerating bits I don't. It's not the same as playing guitar, but it's still creative. And more importantly it's fun.