Rage-bait? Reddit users stunned as Suno user complains about running out of prompt ideas

Whether you like it or not, AI has slowly but surely infiltrated the music industry – even Warner Music Group has recently signed on the dotted line and cemented its partnership with AI music generator Suno. However, the question remains: is AI a helpful tool, or is it just making people lazy?

Well, a recent submission to Suno’s subreddit seems to suggest the latter. In what can only be described as a baffling post – and one which, quite frankly, reads as straight up rage-bait – one Redditor complains that they are “sick of having to come up with prompts” to put into Suno. Yes, you read that right – someone is actually complaining about the one and only stage of Suno’s AI process that requires human input.

“I like what I’ve made so far with Suno but now I’m kind of hitting a wall with ideas for prompts,” the poster writes. “Why doesn’t Suno also have a feature to write prompts for you?”

The user goes on to suggest a bright idea to help with their problem – adding a button that generates a ‘new prompt’. After flicking through the suggestions, you could then follow the standard procedure, clicking “make song” when it shows a prompt that “sounds interesting”.

“Thoughts?” the user ‘innocently’ asks to round off their post.

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Of course, the response hasn’t been great. Even the typically AI-positive community on Suno’s Reddit page is raising an eyebrow. Because, of course, the idea would mean handing over total creative control to AI, removing any need for human thought.

“You are cooked,” multiple users reply. Elsewhere, users call out the post as blatant rage-bait, calling the poster is a “troll”. Others just laugh at the ridiculousness of the entire post, joking “SO true!!! This is the future of art!!”

Many are mocking the user’s laziness, while others are calling the post an act of trolling. Certain users are also sharing genuine advice, encouraging the mystery poster to “use their brain” instead of entirely relying on AI.

“Go into FL Studio (or whichever musical software you use), use that brain of yours, and make it yourself!” one user writes. “Sure, it might take a bit longer, but trust me, it will be so much better!”

Another writes: “I really don’t understand why you’d rather generate AI music if you are so creatively unimaginative that you can’t even articulate the kind of music you want to hear… This just feels sad and unnecessary. You’re turning yourself into the messenger between two computers making art with no meaning or motivation behind it.”

Some responders are attempting to supply actual ‘advice’ – though, they may also be adding fuel to the ‘trolling’ fire. “My streams on Spotify got a huge boost when I started using ChatGPT to help me with prompts,” one commenter explains. “Not using AI to at the very least refine your prompts is a wasted opportunity and anyone not doing this will be left behind…”

Regardless of whether this post is rage-bait or not, it’s interesting to consider AI’s impact on creatives. Nowadays 80% of producers are anti-AI-generated songs, but other sources suggest that musicians are just keeping their AI usage a secret. So it begs the question – is AI’s usage in music a thing to be celebrated, or is it the start of a downward spiral in creativity?