It should obviously NOT be a "main" database but part of an ETL pipeline for search purposes for instance.

It is much too late for that, but you're right that we'd be wise to put effort into undoing that. This is exactly how you end up with people using Elasticsearch as a primary datastore. When someone hears that they need a database, a database is what you are going to see them pick.

If we regularly used the proper terminology with appropriate specificity then those without the deep technical knowledge required to understand all the different kinds of databases and the tradeoffs that come them are able to narrow their search to the solutions that fit within the specification.

Sure, you just can't upload the resulting track directly on Bandcamp, but you're free to "creatively prompt" on SUNO all you want, they'll even host your "music".

It's also a matter of resources. People uploading gigabites of AI generated slop a day isn't really what Bandcamp is about.

> Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows:

> Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.

> Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.

Which is balanced. It means that you can still use Illugen to generate a drum sample for instance, but you can't just generate a whole track on SUNO and just upload it on Bandcamp.

Reddit has the capacity to manipulate minors and groom them into believing all kind of sick "fictions", endorsed by the admins. It should absolutely be banned for minors.