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soundworlds • today at 9:47 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Which is interesting, because I've always been a musician first and software dev as a side interest, and I feel like LLMs have made the software iteration loop fast enough that it feels as exciting as making music for me.

I wonder if there's some blend of software and other interest that might rekindle that novelty for you?


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laxd • today at 10:10 PM

Robots in my garage doing woodwork would be nice. They'd be auto-orchestrated by all the spywares and spydevices already in place - and who knowns more about me and my ideas than me. And I don't have to learn anything.

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0c3ca83 • today at 10:41 PM

For me, I've always been interested in music -- but now, I can have an AI generate limitless music, far better than anything I can do with less effort.

Imagine if you never had to pick up a guitar, blowing a trumpet, or even opening a tracker ever again.

You could just ask the AI to make music that made your best efforts look like a kindergartener's painting on the fridge. Isn't that a musician's utopia, surrounded by music without lifting a hand to make it?

altmanaltman • today at 10:05 PM

> Which is interesting, because I've always been a musician first and software dev as a side interest, and I feel like LLMs have made the software iteration loop fast enough that it feels as exciting as making music for me.

I don't quite get what you mean by this. Music is a form of expression; it is supposed to be effortless once you are good at it, but software (if we go by a strict definition) is not about expression but about building reliable and efficient systems. Like what do you mean exactly

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esikich • today at 9:57 PM

Probably not. They made "smart nerd" their whole personality and that is now being challenged, hurts the ego.