I understand the argument that Rick Rubin came up in a different era in terms of how music was made and distributed. But I don't fully understand the Rick Rubin / AI prompt comparison. He worked with extraordinarily talented artists, so his good taste only got manifested through the talent and hard work of those artists (and sound engineers) who follwed his advice. That's very different from having good taste and using an AI prompt.
"No one cares about your opinion, they care about your results." The result that Rick offered artists or helped them bring out of themselves was an authenticity, an inspiration, and a revival of their love for their craft and their work. Also hip hop would be in a very different place without him. Maybe it would jhave broke and gained popularity the way it has but everything thats happened, he was there and did his thing, and now were here.
No, you can't be Rick Rubin, but Rick had many predecessors; + you can be like one of those. It takes 0 skills with AI, but a lot of skills with people.
Rubin wasn't so much a "curator" as a "connector"; in that he connected people that he saw were already moving vital cultures with resources to scale those cultures.
LLMs can't do the first thing, + they certainly can't do the second thing.
For what it is worth, I agree. To succeed, AI may have made it more important than ever what ‘you’ are like. Not ‘what’ you like. Flipping Nick Hornby’s adage.
AI is a wonderful thing, but perhaps excited adherents of AI have missed that it has unexpectedly democratized stupidity.
I understand the argument that Rick Rubin came up in a different era in terms of how music was made and distributed. But I don't fully understand the Rick Rubin / AI prompt comparison. He worked with extraordinarily talented artists, so his good taste only got manifested through the talent and hard work of those artists (and sound engineers) who follwed his advice. That's very different from having good taste and using an AI prompt.
"No one cares about your opinion, they care about your results." The result that Rick offered artists or helped them bring out of themselves was an authenticity, an inspiration, and a revival of their love for their craft and their work. Also hip hop would be in a very different place without him. Maybe it would jhave broke and gained popularity the way it has but everything thats happened, he was there and did his thing, and now were here.
No, you can't be Rick Rubin, but Rick had many predecessors; + you can be like one of those. It takes 0 skills with AI, but a lot of skills with people.
Rubin wasn't so much a "curator" as a "connector"; in that he connected people that he saw were already moving vital cultures with resources to scale those cultures.
LLMs can't do the first thing, + they certainly can't do the second thing.
For what it is worth, I agree. To succeed, AI may have made it more important than ever what ‘you’ are like. Not ‘what’ you like. Flipping Nick Hornby’s adage.
AI is a wonderful thing, but perhaps excited adherents of AI have missed that it has unexpectedly democratized stupidity.