In 2024, I started generating music with AI models. I've generally found that the latest models are now capable of outputting any sound that is possible. The limitations of AI music are now generally caused by my selecting the wrong inferences (it usually takes 600-1000 runs plus editing), not understanding song structure, or not understanding what listeners like and dislike.
Every time I publish a new release, which I've been doing about once per month, I will post it here and link to its version on Soundcloud. If any individual song receives more than 10,000 listens before the end of the year, this market resolves to YES. Otherwise, if January 1, 2026 arrives before that occurs, the market will resolve to NO. If Soundcloud ceases to exist, its metrics will be saved and added to a new site, where the music will be copied to.
The songs can be posted at any time, and the listens can occur at any time. Copies of the song posted elsewhere don't count. If even a single song's counter rises above 10,000 before year's end, the answer is YES. I will pay for newer models as they become available.
So far, in order of release, the songs have been achieving an increasing number of views (and higher Manifold ratings) as they improve in quality: the four songs posted so far have 27 -> 69 -> 175 -> 317 (as of January 9).
Current URL: https://soundcloud.com/steve-sokolowski-797437843
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