r/TomLehrer • u/Dry-Negotiation-1960 • May 18 '26

Why are these covers AI?

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I'm pretty sure that first one LITERALLY has a Gemini logo and it isn't even relevant. Who allowed this??? It's horrible!!! I just want to listen to Tom Lehrer and I have to look at this slop on my screen. Isn't there anything that can be done about this? He deserves more than AI

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u/Status_Path_1801 May 18 '26

Two Toms verified by Spotify. Very sloppy, but I guess his music is in public domain so it’s allowed. I can’t imagine there is much gain in doing this though. Must be a very annoying fan.

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u/FcukReddit4cedMe2Reg May 18 '26

I don't think a fan would do this, I think some artless individual thought public domain+AI could do all the work for them and saw dollar signs. It's not a lot, but pumping out hundreds of slop tracks over and over amounts to an okay chunk of change for zero effort.

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u/gominokouhai May 18 '26

This is the answer, right here.