I'm getting into music production using an all-digital FOSS toolchain with only a Suno subscription and some second-hand Midi Controller hardware as the proprietary stuff. I use Suno as a source of inspiration and foundations for own tracks. What newest 5.5 model of Suno puts out, even in written and sung lyrics, is absolutely impressive. Media production is a field that's being turned on its head by generative AI and the most impressive case for that is about 80% of stuff Suno has put out for me in the last 10 weeks. If there is anything sustainable about how Suno is doing its thing, entire production pipelines in the music industry can basically get ready to shut down. I've seen sound engineers turn speechless listening to what Suno does with their raw material in less than 5 minutes for a process that would take some pro an entire week and even then not quite reach the level of quality.

Given that every cord and cadence has been played and (re)discovered probably hundreds or even thousands of times I wonder if anyone has a case against their AI or could argue that Suno is not original in the same way humans are. But other than that, as of today modern digital music production has basically ceased to be a job IMHO.

Is that a problem? It feels uncomfortable, sure. But what's the legal take here?

... to begin with. Why I don't quite get is that many people seem to be unaware of how quickly LLMs will be optimized to run on quasi-regular hardware, not needing the insane datacenters primarly used for training. AI _is_ a revolutionary tech, no doubt, but there also is a bubble that likely is about to pop.

*ensure*

This will continue until consumers fight back.

Simple solution: don't buy tickets

Oh right, that's too simple. It will never be done.

... is what I suspect. If AI has the impact many predict, people will have to rely on their social security network for a while, but given the AI productivity boost things will get way cheaper too. There will be chaos and more pain than necessary for country with a sub-par wealth distribution, but by and large I am somewhat optimistic about the AI shakeup.

If all goes as it should we'll all simply be working less in 10 years time. To be honest, I already am. AI has cut my workload and increased my productivity even further to more than compensate for me calling it a day an hour earlier than just a year ago.

it's a bot farming for a attention.

It's funny how everyone is a "bot" when they post something. Generally, when that is said, the person responding has nothing useful to counter the post so goes with some generic nonsense to make themselves sound like they know something.

This story has the wonderful title, Fidji Simo says Mark Zuckerberg gave her one piece of health advice years ago, and she wishes she had listened.

In short, she was so excited to have hit her dream job at the age of 40, that work-life balance never entered the picture. Now she's a multi-milionaire who will, probably, spend the rest of her life struggling to have something approaching a normal life.

In Wyoming, a contractor working to build Meta's data center, discharged untreated water into the municipal water system which led to the introduction of Cupriavidus gilardii into the water system.

You know, there are these things called yard sales and flea markets where you can get forks, or entire sets, for less than what you pay on Amazon.

Bulldozer flatten the physical world. AI generates content and code in the virtual world. Huge difference.

So being smart isn't a rarity anymore? Boo hoo.

When a smartphone can do a diagnosis just as good as a doctor (or better), when it can cough up a legal document that is 80% finished after 30 seconds, that's overall a good thing. Some desk jockeys like us will lose their prestigious jobs. Really no big loss for society as a hole.

The problem is, of course, that running a fascist surveillance state has just gotten 5 orders of magnitude cheaper. That sure is a problem we need to be aware of.

The TOS of these commercial services say they basically own your content, unless it's illegal, then all the burden is on you. This has been the case ever since those services became a thing, more than 25 years ago.

That's why any computer and internet expert worth their reputation does not use these services without a throw-away alias account or for anything mission-critical.

Instead of an itemized list of what you bought and how much each item cost, all you'll get is a final bill. Pay it or else.

Sound stupid? So is this.

BBC Science has an article where experts ranked 400 jobs by their dementia risk. Those least likely to die from Alzheimer's were taxi drivers and ambulance drivers. The reason behind this seems to be that constant spatial and navigation processing tasks might offer some protection from Alzheimer's.

The authors do have one caveat: While researchers found that taxi and ambulance drivers were less likely to die of Alzheimer's, they were also more likely to die young.

That's an issue because Alzheimer's is a disease that becomes more likely the older you get. If people in those professions aren't living long enough to get Alzheimer's, that could explain some of the results.

"The paper isn't an advert for becoming a taxi driver - unfortunately they're dying earlier" Spiers says. "Importantly, however, the researchers reran their analysis correcting for age and still found a significant effect."

It seems using your brain other than for existence might help stave off mental decline.

Ever notice how the people on the left calling for Sharia law, would be the first to be thrown off of buildings if it were ever implemented?

Hey dumbass, it's those Red states trying their best to implement Sharia law through forcing the Bible into the classroom (but no other religious texts), displaying the ten commandments in schools (which they ignore), telling women what they can wear, telling women they must have babies, and a whole host of other things they're trying to force down people's throats.

As always, every accusation is a confession with you people.