The New York Times pitted five musicians against an AI in a songwriting competition.
Ok, let’s be honest, it’s not much of a competition. The AI songs suck, and it’s pretty easy to tell which is human and which is AI when compared side by side. But the diary-style detailing of the songwriting process for both illustrates just how low-effort AI music is. [Link: Musicians Versus the A.I. Machine. Why Bother Writing Songs Anymore? | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/arts/music/human-songwriting-ai-songwriting.html | New York Times]
Ok, let’s be honest, it’s not much of a competition . The AI songs suck, and it’s pretty easy to tell which is human and which is AI when compared side by side. But the diary-style detailing of the songwriting process for both illustrates just how low-effort AI music is.
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