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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

14 hrs ago

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 23 hrs ago OP

I'm furious... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #1

Generative AI needs to be rejected, both publicly and privately, for all the reasons it's unethical, illegal, highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #16

AI will be stealing all the original music in the next few years FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #2

They already stole everything they could get to. And yes, they will continue to steal. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #14

And each song will sound remarkably like every other song. paleotn 23 hrs ago #3

True. There's no real intelligence in AI. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #15

college instructor here - cab67 21 hrs ago #4

Good for you! highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #11

My Cousin is a Berklee grad pfitz59 20 hrs ago #5

AI is a threat to almost all human workers, and was designed to be. The AI bros are planning to have highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #12

"How disgusting of Berklee. Using AI is the opposite of both learning and creativity." OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #6

Fruity Loops (FL Studio) started out as a drum machine, and I was never a fan of drum machines. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #13

That's an expensive school tonekat 17 hrs ago #7

We're seeing more and more of a backlash against AI, especially from younger people who can highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #10

Just a matter of time before the Grammys drop "Song of the Year" and replace it with "Prompt of the Year". LudwigPastorius 15 hrs ago #8

Nope. Won't happen, unless the AI bros control everything, and everyone's lost their mind. Prompts highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #9

If Any Institution Should Know Better... ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #17

No, you don't. Shame on Berklee for doing this. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #18