The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music
Explore the astonishing amount of music available to AI developers.
Inside the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Era of AI in Music
From juicing demos to cloning vocals, AI music tools are creeping into the workflows of top producers, songwriters and artists. It’s mostly happening behind closed doors — for now
AI is Creating Peak Software, Media is the Best Analogy
Let's learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.
The Myth of the Instant Cake Mix
How to think about creative tooling in the new world of generative AI
AI Code
As AI Coding Agents write more code, it's more important than ever that we're intentional about the code it writes.
The Omg Lol Times · We have to talk about AI “art”
Note: In this post I’m going to use the term “AI” as a lazy shorthand for “generative content creation via large-scale pre-trained models” because time is tight and I’ve got arthritis. I know it’s not really “AI”, but please, let me give my typing fingers a break here.
AI Artists Have No Role Models
Prompt Engineers Lack Any Canon, Don't You? AI artists have an existential problem: they consume only their own work, severing the dialogue of culture that…
The Real Reason We Still Need Software Developers in the World of AI
The dream of AI churning out perfect production-ready code doesn’t hold up against the reality of modern software development.
Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance – The Markup
Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now.
AI music tools challenge Bay Area musicians
AI music tools challenge Bay Area musicians: As affordable AI platforms spread, artists debate creativity, copyright and survival.
AI Is Already Training on Music. The Real Question Is: Who Gets Paid?
AI is already learning from music. Quietly, constantly, and at a scale most people don’t fully see yet. While the industry debates hypotheticals, the real shift has already happened. The […]
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder for Developers
AI handles writing code but leaves the hard work: investigation, context, validation. Why vibe coding has limits and AI assistance can backfire.
Trevor Paglen and Holly Herndon on Making Art with AI and What the Discourse Is Missing
The artists talk process, slop, and why optimism and pessimism don’t quite cover it.
[Interview] Snow J of Cheerful Music dives into the cross cultural intersection of AI and music – EARMILK
In conversation with Earmilk, Snow. J explores how AI has restructured the foundation of music culture, striking a balance between AI and human-made music as well as Cheerful Music's distinct approach to engaging AI technology in music making and marketing.
