 AI Generated Music is getting good. Really good. But is it indistinguishable from human produced music? As an experiment, I took one of my songs, Things I Left Behind, and I created an AI version of the track. I made a video playing the AI version and the human produced version side by side. Can you tell which one is AI and which one is human? Share your thoughts in the comments. I'll announce which song is AI on Monday.
24 Comments
9/11/2025 02:54:47 pm
the first version sounds more ai.....has less free guitar ..too straight...even lead voice .. ai makes song sound' vanilla'.
Axel
9/11/2025 03:03:06 pm
They both sound like they could be AI but i'm going to go with #2
Marilyn
9/11/2025 03:10:26 pm
Hi Aaron, I do agree, AI is getting really good. Beautiful song by the way. I'm gonna guess Version 1 is human and Version 2 is AI. Looking forward to what others think. See ya on Monday. Happy weekend! ~M
Barbara
9/11/2025 03:13:56 pm
Loved version2. I'd buy it. Felt human. Not number 1. I despise generative AI, which is out-and-out theft of real, living artists' works, regurgitated and spit back out based on somebody's "prompts". I don't know which of these versions is AI and which isn't. But anytime I do know some music or other art is AI, you can be sure I will have absolutely nothing to do with it.
Pete Pantelis
9/11/2025 03:34:33 pm
I'm going with version #2 is NOT AI.
Ed Adzima
9/11/2025 03:53:48 pm
#2 sounds more real seems to have emotion behind the vocals
Ygor
9/11/2025 04:25:03 pm
Just by feeling I like more #2, it sounds more authentic but I can here some artifacts in the background and the drums sound like a loop. So I guess both are AI but the second one is a better model
Bruce M Bragg
9/11/2025 04:51:40 pm
In the 2nd version your voice sounds different from other songs you've done and posted so I'll say 2 is AI
JJ
9/11/2025 05:29:28 pm
version 1 is AI
Murf
9/11/2025 10:41:45 pm
My money is on #2 as human and my personal preference. 9/12/2025 12:41:45 am
I’d say version 2 is the Ai. I’ve done the same thing with some of my songs. Some great results
Tonyc
9/12/2025 01:37:23 am
I'd say #2 is AI
Linda R
9/13/2025 09:37:01 am
I think the first one was A!. There seemed to be more depth in the texture in 2.
Amanda Woods
9/13/2025 09:00:23 pm
There's a huge difference between them. Version 1 is too perfect, like someone's lined up all the emotions and each one comes in with the instrument and plays it's part correctly than goes back to it's corner to allow for the next one. I hope version 2 is human.
Rawslyn Ruffin
9/14/2025 02:42:23 pm
Beautiful song, Aaron. I think Version 1 is AI because it's one dimensional and flat. Version 2 is more aurally exciting and full of feeling. Based on the production information I've gotten from you in the past, I'm going with Version 2 as Human. If it's not, then would you please let us in on the prompting you had to do to get it to sound so good :^)?
Aaron Davison
9/16/2025 02:04:23 pm
Thanks to everyone who commented! This was a fascinating experiment and the results suprised me. 9/17/2025 07:48:27 am
Scarey stuff - This is after the fact, but I too would have believed version 2 was the non-AI recording. Version 2 is more energetic, adds nice harmonies for building up the choruses and bridge... I have to say it feels more 'human' in its approach than version 1 does - which as many commented seems somewhat lifeless in comparison. - The results of your challenge have kindled my interest in using AI on some of my recordings to see if it can point the way to arrangement / production improvements. 9/18/2025 08:16:00 am
Absolutely version two is human.
Aaron Davison
9/18/2025 10:13:03 am
Version two is AI, generated in September 2025. The first version is the human produced one recorded in 2017. 9/18/2025 02:34:49 pm
I'm a little late to the party but I promise I listened to both tracks before reading the comments!
Danny Gee Goju
9/25/2025 06:05:14 am
I think version 1 is AI. But hey! What do I know? Leave a Reply. |
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