“Suno AI is a generative artificial intelligence music creation program that allows users to generate realistic songs combining vocals and instrumentation based on text prompts. Suno has been widely available since December 20, 2023, after launching a web application and partnering with Microsoft to include Suno as a plugin in Microsoft Copilot.” (Wikipedia)

I had not heard of Suno until I received the following text from my friend David.

La Tiara, our favorite brand of taco shells, has been discontinued. I asked Claude for lyrics to a mariachi ballad in tribute, and fed them to Suno and got this.I asked for a mariachi style ballad. Was not expecting Spanish.

David and I worked together at Learfield Communications during the early days of the Internet. I was boring everyone to tears with my predictions about what a Big Deal it was going to be. Huge! Transformative! Bigger than radio! David shared my enthusiasm. To illustrate Suno’s magic…

I prompted for a song about a guy named Steve who’s trying to convince his company the internet is the next big thing, but they don’t believe him because all they know is radio.” It came up with the bizarrely accurate details on its own. [lyrics]