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CEO of @fairlytrained / Composer. Previously: founded Jukedeck, VP Audio at Stability AI.
Jul 17, 2024 16 tweets 5 min read
Many in the AI world underestimate the backlash against AI. It is serious & growing.

AI developers need to understand the strength of feeling & really engage with people on this.

A few examples:

1. A London cinema dropped AI-written film after backlash. 2. Brands are insisting gen AI not be used in their ads without their permission
Jul 16, 2024 16 tweets 4 min read
Some defend Apple etc using YouTube transcripts to train gen AI models by saying the dataset has been known about for years.

This is a bad argument: many video creators didn't know their videos were included until today & are angry.

Some examples:

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Apr 2, 2024 13 tweets 6 min read
I analyzed a bunch of Suno's output, and found it generates music that closely resembles well-known, copyrighted music: melodies, chord progressions, lyrics, instrumental parts, and styles. This raises serious questions about what it’s trained on.

Here are some examples 👇🧵

(Link to my full piece in @musicbizworld further down) I've been able to generate music in the style of most artists I've tried. Here's Eminem. Suno has some prompt filtering, but, like other gen AI systems, these are easy to get around with mis-spellings etc.

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