@hilde45 I see two messages in your original post. Frustration dealing with the large volume of information at your fingertips, much of which is superfluous, and longing for the social interaction around exploring new music. Look around you and all you see are people attached to their devices. A couple at a dinner table each interacting with their phone, for example. It is inherently lonely and antisocial despite being "connected" and not necessarily alone. I believe music was never meant to be enjoyed that way. Music should be a form of human expression that brings us together to ponder or celebrate, not some insilico engineered combination of notes and melodies with no human meaning. As for AI, in college we were taught to question dogma and that not all information in a textbook is correct. I look at AI the same way.
I miss scarcity
This is not a complaint. Or, if it is a complaint, it's half-aimed at me. Mostly this is a reflection.
In the old days, I got to know music really well -- in great detail, sonically, musically, reading all the credits, the liner notes, etc. A friend would have an album I didn't, so I'd go to his house to listen. We'd talk about the music. We'd talk about how album sides hung together or didn't. We were thrilled by double albums.
Now, a torrent of information is everywhere. I listen alone, often to a single song, often not listening to anything over and over again.
You will tell me, "That's your choice." I'd half agree. It's like agreeing that "It's my choice not to live off the electrical grid."
As I read and teach about AI, I am learning that our tools often prioritize speed and information glut. It seems, initially, like a cornucopia but it becomes a wash of "content." I must admit, I'm losing my talent for managing all this content, and I'm losing my love for it. And it's making me into a different person, somewhat, and I am not so sure I want to be that person. End of reflection.
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OP, Good reference to Nick Bostrom. Here is an in depth interview with him with Sam Harris from 2024:
https://samharris.org/episode/SEF55924050 Sam has had detailed discussions with Nick three times, see SamHarris.com.
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I regret now to had put so much false quotes in the mouth of this great humorist... I contacted him one night and he replied when i apologize for lending him so false quotes of mine, " we lend only to the rich" and i think he was not mad at me... But he added " next time though make your counterfeited money a bit better crafted and artistically"...
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