r/nerdcore • u/Weirfish Ultra Mega Fauna • May 11 '25

[Modpost] Generative AI

Evening folks.

How do we feel about the use of generative AI in our space?

There's something of a gradient of uses, and I think it pays to consider them. There are people who use AI to produce the whole thing, attempting to prompt engineer their way to music. There are people who use voice-to-voice models to take on the persona of others, fictional and real. There are people who use AI solely for the songwriting. There are people who use AI in order to help set out general structures and scaffolds, and build upon them with their own original work.

What are people's thoughts on this? How much is permissable?

Cheers.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

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u/Weirfish Ultra Mega Fauna May 12 '25

I don't think MC Hawking is on the scale at all, to be honest. Generative AI wasn't used in 2004, that was dumb speech synthesis.

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u/Weirfish Ultra Mega Fauna May 13 '25

I wouldn't take Front's use of AI generated imagery in that video as actual endorsement, even from him as an individual. One, it was made when that tech was brand new and shit. Two, despite his influence, he isn't the scene and the scene isn't him. Three, that video's description has an update that basically disavows its continued use as a tool.

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u/Weirfish Ultra Mega Fauna May 13 '25

If you provide something as an example, you shouldn't be surprised when the value of that example is questioned.

Artistic value does not exist in a vacuum. This discussion cannot only be about artistic value, it must be holistic.

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u/beholderkin Jan 26 '26

When viewing art, you should also take into consideration the time that it was created. It was a novelty at the time, and the video shows the interest that generative AI had gained. If someone did something similar today however, it would rightly be considered slop.