Science & Tech · AI · 7 hrs ago
Welsh radio station tests whether listeners can tell AI music from human tracks
A music fan in Ammanford, Wales, has started AI Slop FM, an online station mixing AI and human-made songs.
The station hides who made each track so listeners can judge the music without seeing an artist name or other clues.
Listeners can rate songs from S to E, describe how they feel, and leave comments.
The station is still in beta, and its creator, Mike Chaffin, is waiting for enough submissions across different genres before fully opening it.
He plans to use the top-rated tracks for a weekly chart called the Slop 40, giving selected creators an audience.
The experiment could show whether listeners prefer human-made music when they do not know which tracks were made by AI.
A Welsh music enthusiast has launched an internet radio station that tests whether listeners can distinguish AI-generated music from human-made tracks.
AI Slop FM plays both kinds of music without identifying their source, artist names or cover art.
Listeners can rate tracks, describe how they make them feel and leave written feedback.
The station is in beta while its creator gathers enough submissions to fill its schedule across different genres.
Its creator hopes the experiment will show whether listeners judge music differently when they do not know who or what made it.
- Who
- Mike Chaffin, a music enthusiast from Wales, created and runs the station.
- What
- AI Slop FM plays AI-generated and human-made tracks without identifying which is which, and asks listeners to rate them.
- When
- The station is in beta; submissions have recently opened.
- Where
- It is an internet radio station run from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.
- Why
- Chaffin wants to find out whether listeners’ opinions change when they judge music without knowing its source or other identifying details.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Chaffin is gathering enough submissions to fill the station’s schedule across different genres.
Submissions to the station opened, but there are not yet results to review.
The most popular tracks are expected to feature in a weekly chart called the Slop 40.
- Creator
- Mike Chaffin
- Station
- AI Slop FM
- Base
- Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
- Format
- Free, 24/7 internet radio station
- Rating scale
- S to E
- Planned chart
- Weekly Slop 40
What people are saying
It seems that there is a deep rooted fear of AI music in the industry.
If the machines win then their creators clearly deserve to be heard, deserve an audience. If the musicians win, then that's reassuring for them.
Everyone has an opinion on music before a note has been heard, by the genre, the label, the name or the cover art.