Humans want fundamentally incompatible things from music services. "We want to listen to all the stuff that everyone likes, but also only the stuff that we like," said New Yorker staff writer Kelefa ...

Many kids basically deduce that if listening to music is so great, how much more amazing must it be to make the music yourself? Often, would-be musicians have this realization as young children. Why?

AI companies continue to reach for tortuous narratives to justify stuffing AI tech into virtually every aspect of our daily lives. “It’s not really enjoyable to make music now,” he said. “It takes a ...