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highplainsdem

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10. We're seeing more and more of a backlash against AI, especially from younger people who can

Reply to tonekat (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:27 AM

Apr 16

see what a threat it is.

The AI bros set out to steal.humanity's knowledge and culture, with the intent of selling it back to people, even possibly convincing people they can't create and can't be succrssful without AI.. They have convinced some particularly gullible people that using AI plagiarism machines somehow makes them creative - and some of those gullible people have been flooding the internet with all the slop they can create - but they also stirred up anger and loathing for both the continuing theft by the AI industry, and the fraud that AI enables, and all the other harms it creates.

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Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It's Offering an AI "Songwriting" Class [View all] highplainsdem Apr 15 OP

I'm furious... 2naSalit Apr 15 #1

Generative AI needs to be rejected, both publicly and privately, for all the reasons it's unethical, illegal, highplainsdem Apr 16 #16

AI will be stealing all the original music in the next few years FakeNoose Apr 15 #2

They already stole everything they could get to. And yes, they will continue to steal. highplainsdem Apr 16 #14

And each song will sound remarkably like every other song. paleotn Apr 15 #3

True. There's no real intelligence in AI. highplainsdem Apr 16 #15

college instructor here - cab67 Apr 15 #4

Good for you! highplainsdem Apr 16 #11

My Cousin is a Berklee grad pfitz59 Apr 15 #5

AI is a threat to almost all human workers, and was designed to be. The AI bros are planning to have highplainsdem Apr 16 #12

"How disgusting of Berklee. Using AI is the opposite of both learning and creativity." OldBaldy1701E Apr 15 #6

Fruity Loops (FL Studio) started out as a drum machine, and I was never a fan of drum machines. highplainsdem Apr 16 #13

"It's complete - and completely unethical - pretense. Pure fraud." OldBaldy1701E Apr 17 #19

That's an expensive school tonekat Apr 15 #7

We're seeing more and more of a backlash against AI, especially from younger people who can highplainsdem Apr 16 #10

Just a matter of time before the Grammys drop "Song of the Year" and replace it with "Prompt of the Year". LudwigPastorius Apr 16 #8

Nope. Won't happen, unless the AI bros control everything, and everyone's lost their mind. Prompts highplainsdem Apr 16 #9

If Any Institution Should Know Better... ProfessorGAC Apr 16 #17

No, you don't. Shame on Berklee for doing this. highplainsdem Apr 16 #18