Alright, reading the comments, people seem to generally dislike the use of AI. However, I believe it's the execution, not the tool, that's the problem. That, and the fact that it's called the "Official Music Video" instead of "Official Audio and Lyrics." I say this because I've witnessed what Dirt Poor Robins managed to do on their entire Firebird record. Each of the 12 songs had videos generated with AI imagery. I think a good part of the negative reception comes from the title too, since this really feels like a cheap substitute for a proper video instead of an alternative. What Dirt Poor Robins did with theirs is they called them the "Official Audio and Lyrics" instead. I haven't seen any hatred on their end, so I imagine it works quite well. But they also had a fair bit higher production quality. As for the entire "AI is stealing from humans" argument... Humans are stealing from humans. We call that inspiration. You can complain it feels soulless, though that's fair. So yeah.. Hopefully you guys try again not as a proper substitute of a real video but as an alternative. Its still better to have one than not the way i see it.
I've been listening to San Fermin since Sonsick came out, and I believe that choosing an AI-generated clip was one of the worst choices ever made. We need more clips like Sonsick, The Hunger or Little Star, not soulless clips generated by robots.
People really don't get art, don't know how to interpret. Get on with times. What we are living now is just a repetetion of when machines were introduced to industry, people were freaking out, panic and histeria. But in the end people were still required for anything to work. Like when cameras were invented and painters started thinking they would lose their jobs, they just went and invented new ways to create and promote art, using AI is just a new form of that. Don't really understand the backlash against San Fermin.
I, for one, welcome my AI Ellis overlords. And seriously, people, stop getting so butthurt over the use of AI here. It was a stylistic choice, no artists were actually harmed in the making of this video (save for AI Ellis), and was done in good fun. If you don’t like AI instead of being couch critics go after Sam Altman, kidnap him, write legislators, seek getting laws changed. Gnashing your teeth at a good bands’s music video is basically like picking on a homeless person for being responsible for the evils of late stage capitalism. It’s misguided and misplaced and shows you’d rather just whine and bemoan artists than actually do something yourselves. Weak sauce.
For those of you here who profess to love art and artists, and yet fail to read the description up top, you're kind of missing the point. This is an artistic comment on the modern world, AI and all, encompassed in a break up song. Quote: "The song is about the disorientation of that time, how your whole world feels suddenly fake and unpleasant. I’ve also felt a related sense of distress around the approach of AI in the world of art and music." It's absolutely true that we can't ignore what's happening, it won't go away. We have to deal with it. Like nuclear warheads.
I feel like no matter what the artist’s “message” about how weird or modern or whatever AI is, the issue is that USING IT AT ALL IS BAD and they used it. It’s like saying “stealing is bad” and demonstrating that by stealing someone’s wallet and then going “see I was right” while watching them fail to buy groceries
@@babayaga3098 Generative AI isn't going away. It's only going to get better and be used more. I recognize there are problems with the legal framework about how artists' works are being used, but ignoring this 'problem' isn't going to make it go away. In this case, I think the analogy is less like stealing someone's possession directly and more like buying a stolen car from a shady dealer... except where the shady dealer is legally allowed to sell the car.
the description is helpful - but its was still extremely off-putting seeing AI used in this. love the music, love youor idea of using the AI, but still not exactly enjoyable.
Thanks for taking the time to read the description! Watching it gives me the heeby-jeebies for sure, which is kinda how I felt during the time I wrote the song. Like I was trying to appear "real" when everything felt false
