Y'all need to watch out for that AI-generated 'lo-fi' stuff on YouTube

I clicked on a 'chill beats to study to' stream last Wednesday and about 15 minutes in the 'piano' started doing this weird glitchy thing where it repeated the same 3 notes in a loop but the cadence was all wrong. I thought my headphones were dying, so I checked the comments and someone pointed out the whole thing was probably made by a bot. The worst part was the 'rain sound' underneath was just a static file with a randomized volume filter, and now I can't unhear it. Has anyone else had that creepy uncanny valley feeling from these algorithm-generated tracks?

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the_kevin19d ago

Wait, are you telling me those 24/7 lofi streams might not even have real musicians behind them anymore? I always assumed some bedroom producer was sitting there tweaking their gear, but you're saying it could just be a bot slapping presets together with fake rain noises. That glitchy piano thing you described is exactly the kind of detail that ruins the whole vibe once you notice it, and now I'm probably going to hear that static rain too.

anthony88319d ago

Bot slapping presets together" - wow. That's actually messed up.