The CEO of AI music company Suno says most people don’t enjoy the process of creating music

Recently, Mikey Shulman, CEO of the AI ​​music generation company Suno AI, made some eye-catching remarks on the "20VC" podcast. He believes that most people do not enjoy the process of creating music, but find it a tedious and time-consuming task. Schulman said making music takes a lot of time and practice, and people need to master an instrument or production software to create music, which can often be frustrating.

He further stated: "Most people don't enjoy most of the time when they are making music." Schulman's view caused widespread controversy, with many people believing that such a statement was both selfish and inaccurate, because in fact, many music Amateurs and professional musicians alike love playing and making music.

Schulman's company, Suno AI, aims to make music creation "ten percent faster" and "ten percent easier" through its AI tools. He emphasized that if you want to change the way a billion people experience music, you must develop products for a billion people. However, there is still debate over whether AI-generated music can give listeners the same satisfaction as creating it in person. While it’s fun to generate music by typing in a few keywords, handing over almost the entire creative process to an algorithm can take a lot of the fun out of it.

In addition, Suno AI has been involved in some copyright lawsuits recently. The Recording Industry Association of America accused the company of using copyrighted recordings for AI training without authorization. This raises a deeper question: In this case, can music creators still claim ownership of the generated music? Is relying on AI tools to simplify creation really the goal pursued by musicians? And is AI-generated music still Can it be called "art"?

On social media, many users expressed backlash against Schulman's sentiments, calling his suggestion that almost no one enjoys making music a "ridiculous mentality." "This is enlightening," one user commented on the : “This future is unsettling, and the lack of self-reflection is particularly worrying.”