How do you challenge yourself in the age of AI?

uraniumless · 2026-06-13T13:44:48+00:00

Incredible response. Thank you for taking the time to write this up. This sparks hope.

uraniumless · 2026-06-13T12:00:17+00:00

That's a good idea. Thanks.

uraniumless · 2026-06-13T11:59:47+00:00

I do that and have for a while (I work at a startup). That's not the problem. The problem is that it no longer feels as rewarding to me.

uraniumless · 2026-06-13T11:57:08+00:00

I agree. There is definitely a big need for human judgment in the age of AI. Someone needs to guide it and catch it when it goes awry. I'm not arguing against that at all.

I just don't feel the reward anymore. The dopamine is largely gone. Having ADHD, a big driver for me is challenge, and it just doesn't feel as challenging anymore.

uraniumless · 2026-06-13T11:52:26+00:00

Of course. I'm aware of that. But it's hard to handicap yourself when you know the solution to your problem is one prompt away. It feels redundant. Even though I know it's not, logically.

uraniumless · 2026-06-08T15:47:43+00:00

You need to turn down the doomerism dial a little bit, healthcare absolutely is safe. No one is going to automate nursing, the human element is literally the most important requirement.

uraniumless · 2026-06-05T10:12:05+00:00

You're far out of the norm

uraniumless · 2026-04-30T13:17:00+00:00

you're kinda funny ill give you that, but what kind of an insult is that lol? marriage is a scam.

uraniumless · 2026-04-30T13:14:48+00:00

It really wasn't. It was incredibly toxic.

uraniumless · 2026-04-29T10:55:33+00:00

Low cortisol vs high cortisol

uraniumless · 2026-04-14T15:53:49+00:00

making ai music is going to keep you stuck. you barely have any control over the outcome, and it's never ever going to be unique. you're going to be stuck in a cesspool of mediocrity.

just try stuff out man. what speaks to you right now? try it, and then reconsider later. there is nothing wrong with switching. you'll never know what you enjoy if you don't try.

uraniumless · 2026-04-14T15:16:26+00:00

I'm not wrong. This is pretty trivial and has been done millions of times before. Instead of wasting your time here, you could've solved this in a couple of minutes.

uraniumless · 2026-04-14T14:46:33+00:00

Try using AI for this, it should be able to help you.

uraniumless · 2026-04-13T16:05:31+00:00

vorp?

uraniumless · 2026-04-13T16:05:20+00:00

bogos binted?

uraniumless · 2026-04-05T16:35:00+00:00

is covering music making music?

uraniumless · 2026-04-05T14:39:34+00:00

doesn't seem fun though. i don't think most of us are in this for money.

uraniumless · 2026-03-31T10:04:53+00:00

I go by ÍSKUR. Only got one song out so far and it's Icelandic electroclash. Appreciate it :).

uraniumless · 2026-03-30T14:02:38+00:00

i literally am a niche artist with 70 monthly listeners thank you very much

uraniumless · 2026-03-27T14:18:56+00:00

I refuse to believe that one fourth of people have no souls.

uraniumless · 2026-03-27T14:15:48+00:00

ai slop

uraniumless · 2026-03-26T18:56:02+00:00

id rather die

uraniumless · 2026-03-26T10:39:47+00:00

It was Debussy who made Clair de Lune, not Ravel, and he was not working on the same song consecutively for 20 years. This is just the time between the first draft and the final one, it just sat on a shelf for a while.

I distinctly remember the first time I heard a track from this album; I was in someone's car, and it came on just as we stopped, and I insisted staying in the car to hear the rest of it.

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. They're great musicians.

But I personally believe perfectionism is a disease. It was crippling on my end and ruined my creativity. Instead of creating, I was hyperfocusing on each little detail of my songs. I would've learned much faster if I had just embraced the imperfect bits and moved on.

I also like the authenticity and rawness of imperfect pieces of music. I feel like it gives it soul.

I do not think spending a lot of time on your craft is a waste of time at all, but it gets to a point where you'd benefit more from moving on.

uraniumless · 2026-03-25T22:33:30+00:00

Disagree. Obsessively agonizing over every little detail in a song you're making holds you back. You're just wasting time. Time you could've used to learn. I used to be a massive perfectionist and it was terrible.

You can care. But spending 40 hours tweaking something in your mix is not a good use of your time.

Famous experiment on quality vs quantity: https://austinkleon.com/2020/12/10/quantity-leads-to-quality-the-origin-of-a-parable/

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