From Barking Hellhounds to AI Slop: What Electronic Music Foretells About Generative AI
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From Barking Hellhounds to AI Slop: What Electronic Music Foretells About Generative AI
The critical task, therefore, is not generating more (that’s going to keep happening), but designing the systems - the new algorithmic gatekeepers - that can rescue the meaningful from the deluge. The future of culture will be shaped not by the sophistication of our generators, but by the values embedded in our filters.
From Barking Hellhounds to AI Slop: What Electronic Music Foretells About Generative AI
Consistent with the theory that increased cultural production widens the gap between the top performers and the bottom, heightening the effect of a log-normal (or power law, if you will) distribution.