I am one of those who believes we are in a big ol’ AI bubble and that bubble is going to burst and leave a big mess that will probably leave tech CEOs unscathed, but result in more mass layoffs of workers. Such is our society as of now.
I understand and agree with those who object to AI companies hoovering up data without permission, then repackaging it in dubious and energy-sucking ways. Generally, AI is bad, and its positives are small. For me, it has been a silly diversion when I indulge in it, which is not often. For example, I have a NightCafe account (an AI image generation site) with over 3,000 unsued credits. You get 5 free credits per day. So yeah.
But I occasionally indulge and one of my interweb friends shared some silly songs he’d made using Suno. It was mildly amusing, but then he mentioned you can write your own lyrics, so I had to try it.
I brainstormed for several minutes (quite literally) and wrote a song called “Pickles and Cat.” I told Suno to make the song country and upbeat. It generated two versions. This is the first and “best” (IMO) and is likely the closest I’ll ever come to writing and performing music. I’m good with that. Garage Band is hard.
(I made the artwork in Canva, it was a labour of love.)
Pickles and Cat
I like my pickles and I like my cat
My cat likes pickles, well, how about that?
I put my pickles in jars
And I send 'em to Mars
Now the Martians have my pickles
Nothing else rhymes with pickles
And the Martians they ate them all up
I sent my cat but they wanted a pup
I told them no sir, I can't do that
Then they said OK, send the cat
Pickles and cat, my two favorite things
Green and orange, they make my bells ring
Pickles and cat, you should get yourself some
But not mine, I'm not sharing none
When my cat got to Mars he scratched a couch
It was a Martian, and the Martian yelled ouch
My cat ran away to a big rocket ship
Pressed all the buttons and went on a trip
Landed on a big space rock and scratched up the place
Now no one goes there, it's his own private space
Pickles and cat, my two favorite things
Green and orange, they make my bells ring
Pickles and cat, you should get yourself some
But not mine, I'm not sharing none
And for the completist, here’s the direct Suno link: Pickles and Cat by @interstellaralbums985 | Suno