AI companies continue to reach for tortuous narratives to justify stuffing AI tech into virtually every aspect of our daily lives. Take Mikey Shulman, the CEO of AI music generator company Suno AI, who had some choice words about how he sees the creative process when it comes to making music during an appearance on the “20VC” podcast flagged by 404 Media. “It’s not really enjoyable to make music now,” he said. “It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you need to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software.” “I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music,” he added. Shulman’s comments are astonishingly self-serving, as that’s exactly the kind of audience Suno AI is hoping to attract. And in reality, of course, lots of people — amateurs and professionals alike — love playing music. If it were up to Shulman, it seems, music would devolve into an amalgamation of often copyright-infringing AI slop, allowing “artists” to create tracks with a click of a button. In short, arguing that the majority of people no longer enjoy making music is symptomatic of an industry hellbent on eliminating as much of the human element from creative endeavors as possible — a dystopian vision, critics charge, of art as a whole. According to Shulman, Suno AI is aiming to make making music “ten percent faster” and “ten percent easier.” “If you want to…CEO of Song-Generating AI App Says People "Don't Enjoy" Making Music With Instruments