Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18-44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week
That's enough AI music to last the run time of “Avatar.” — Video may have killed the radio star, but AI is starting to dance on its grave.
i remain baffled by the average american. they all use ai, they all hate it, and also, they listen to hours and hours of ai-generated music each week?! [embedded post]
If you consider, as i do, much of mainstream pop as already sloptimized synthetic lala, these numbers are not surprising and seem to underestimate the lust for mediocre shit. As i like to say, this is music for people who hate music. [embedded post]