zachpieces

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The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Sorry if my title didn’t communicate that clearly but I do agree!

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

What was the extent of Syme’s efforts on this? Making each detail and movement, or simply typing what he wanted to see into an image generator? I don’t see it fitting what I’ve seen of his historic style

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Syme#Controversy_and_criticism

Re: his 2025 Dream Theater album art from that band’s drummer

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

It was this or a static image of their album cover

The word “or” here is incorrect. Reuploads of the same song is an apparent method to stimulate views and thus get ad revenue. “Between the Wheels”, for example, has

all uploaded through Rush’s official channel

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 34 points 14 hours ago (9 children)

In most cases, I expect that moves like this are by the record company/rightsholders/whoever as a cheap cash-grab rather than the artist themselves. Peter Gabriel is a vocal exception to that.

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 28 points 15 hours ago

The origin is one thing, but even a cursory read of lyrics reveals the meaning, which the music video misses

The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Neil is proverbially rolling in his grave (I can’t determine if he was cremated or not)

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The band Rush just put out a handful of gross and lazy AI-gen music videos. So sick of this trend/degradation (media.piefed.world)
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This careless interpretation (if you can even call it that) completely misrepresents the meaning of the original work. It represents the idea of using a delicate touch to handle something with the idea of punching it like a child would instead. As another song by them put it:

“Don't feed the people

But we feed the machines”