I Asked Generative AI Music Platform Suno to Write a Podcast Theme…Things Got Weird | by Jeffrey Anthony | Mar, 2024

In my last piece “The Transparent Artist: Music in the Age of AI Disassembly” I explore the threats AI tools, and generative AI music pose not only for artist but for society. A reader left a comment and asked if I had tried Suno.ai which is a music making generative AI engine. I had not, so I headed over to Suno to check it out.

From Suno.ai’s about us page:

Suno is building a future where anyone can make great music. Whether you’re a shower singer or a charting artist, we break barriers between you and the song you dream of making. No instrument needed, just imagination. From your mind to music.

I am inclined to write a 3,000 word think piece just on that, but I’ll spare you for now and focus on my original intent: asking Suno to make me a theme song for a hypothetical podcast — a technology podcast by two Silicon Valley dudes in their 20s — and analyze the result.

Before we dive in, I read Suno’s terms of service, and created a pro account so I could have the ability to share this song with you as we explore it’s weirdness.