This is a personal finance blog but every now and then I will go off on a tangent because AI is going to change the face of the world in ways people can’t even begin to imagine yet.
On Sunday’s I like to watch YouTube videos on a variety of topics and I was browsing AI videos and came across one talking about a new AI that allows you to create your own music. What I mean by “create your own music” I am not talking about Apple’s Garage Band or some other app that let’s you compose beats or music instruments. What I mean is literally create your own music complete with music, beats, lyrics, singer(s) and anything else you can imagine.
UDIO
The website I am writing about is http://www.udio.com and this site is still in beta but it is amazing. I created an account and had it create a blues, folk and pop songs on various different topics, using WORD PROMPTS, and the output was amazing. It’s not limited to those genres, there is rock, electric, pop, jazz, classical, hip hop, indie rock, alternative rock, hard rock, ambient, heavy metal, house, electro, soul and so many more!
I considered uploading the songs here but that may lead to huge bandwidth utilization on my site and since I pay for it all, I don’t want to incur extra charges. The software is easy to use and it is free right now. You simply type in what you want such as, “write a country song about a cowboy that lost his favorite cow gambling in Las Vegas” and in a minute or two, you’ll have a full fledged song about the cowboy and his cow. The key limitation right now is the song is about 1 minute in length but I’m sure that will change once the software is out of beta.
The YouTube video that sent me down the rabbit hole started with this one.
One of my side hobbies is producing travel videos and it’s always a chore to find music to add to my videos. Dealing with copyright is a hassle and the worry that someone will always come knocking trying to extract some money is was always a risk but not any more.
From now on, I will simply head over to Udio and create my own music with my own lyrics, style, instruments and features I want. I honestly don’t know how independent artists are going to survive once these tools go out of beta and into full production. If I can create something good enough from word prompts imagine what professional AI users will be able to do in the future with this tool.
Many of the images on this site are created with AI and it saves me a ton of time and money.
We live in amazing and scary times and I sense that we are going to have a huge shift similar to how going from an agrarian society to industrial to technology changed how we all do things. We are on the verge of shifting from technology to artificial intelligence and there will be all new winners and all new losers in this new world.
I am still waiting for a great AI that does personal finance and when that day comes, I think I may shut down my blog because there will be little for me to do.
Share the Wealth
Do you use AI for anything right now? Do you know of any cool AI tools? If so, share the wealth!