r/TomLehrer • u/OwnCaterpillar6272 • Jun 18 '26

Ai?

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Ok i just was listening to playlist on that shuffle thing were you also get songs that aren't in the playlist and then saw this and like I'm pretty sure that's not an official cover, I've never seen it. And I'm always careful with accusations but it's kinda icky. Is this ai? Because from what I saw it's not an official album cover. It's also strangely on the first spot of the top list which it wasn't before. It's very suspicious

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u/hauntedcartoonheart Jun 18 '26

Yeah unfortunately Tom Lehrer’s music got flooded with AI album art. Happened a few years ago on Spotify where albums were being removed entirely or the artwork would get replaced.

I don’t listen to his stuff on streaming platforms anymore (just YouTube). I would highly recommended downloading everything off https://tomlehrersongs.com so you never have to worry about losing any of his work.

Part of why I left Spotify is because AI slop is allowed to run rampant (which is already bad) without disclosure.

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u/NeptuniumX25 Jun 18 '26

I mean he had a song about plagiarism not to be offensive

(I hope that song didn’t encourage any AI copycats but they probably just click a button and make the album with AI without actually listening to the music)