post Re: Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station in My Collection

Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station

Bill-CTS — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:07:02 GMT

Stop Playing AI Music

AI Music is an abomination that is demeaning to real creators

Abomination

Hi... I'm sorry to be a PITA about this... but AI in electronica/chill/house is becoming a terrible problem.

There's a great LA singer named Samantha James, and I really like her downtempo/chill vocal music. But the station I made for her is infected with AI slop.

I wrote another post where I offered to pay double or more out of respect for artists... but I don't want to support AI garbage at all.

Today there was something called Cafe Royale... all the signs of AI garbage... no profile, no bio, no info on internet, all fronted by the trademark pretty cartoon looking girl...

My post yesterday had AI in the title and it was moved and buried in an AI thread...

Pandora/ Sirius/Corporate Overlords... shame on you for trying to profit off of garbage, and shame on you for burying my complaint.

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

Re: Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station

AlyssaPandora — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:01:54 GMT

Hi, @Bill-CTS. 👋

We appreciate you taking the time to report this and share your concerns.

We work to deliver a variety of music across our stations, but we know that personal taste plays a big role in what feels right for each listener. Your feedback is valuable in helping us refine that experience. I’ve passed your feedback along to the team that handles our collection for further review.

To better tailor your station, you can thumb down 👎 any tracks you don’t want to hear. Keep in mind, thumb ratings are station specific, so you might need to thumb that track down more than once.

If you ever come across a track/album that doesn’t feel right or seems out of place, feel free to let us know and we’re happy to investigate. Thanks for helping us improve the experience for artists and listeners.

Re: Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station

Bill-CTS — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:18 GMT

Hello Alyssa-

I appreciate your considerate reply. However this isn't about personal taste. Unfortunately, the worst thing about a lot of this AI music is that it is very appealing.

The problem is ethics and the human condition. Music is supposed to be an expression of joy, faith, love, grief, sadness... even anger and rage. AI music robs humanity of these things. It cheats me into believing that I am sharing a moment with a creator... but in reality its some corporate suit thinking that they can deceive me and take my money and not have to pay a royalty.

It is the equivalent of some restaurant putting an addictive drug into their food and having people return because of the compulsion, not because of the quality of the food, or the comradery of sharing the breaking of bread.

As I posted some weeks ago, I love Pandora. I love that the music genome project has built such an incredible algorithm that helps me enjoy what is genuinely good about the music I already love and helps me to find more of it.

But using that same power to send me AI slop is demeaning and dishonest. it exploits me, and discourages real artists from creating. It's a cheat, a lie, a falsehood. It's an abomination.

Please, please, please... ensure that only real creators are featured here.

Be peace, Bill

Re: Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station

Thimbleberry — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:29:04 GMT

Just found "Aria Flux" and it took me a minute or two to confirm that she is AI slop. Came to this forum to see how frequent it may be. Already cancelled my spotify and looks like Pandora is next.

Re: Cafe Royale playing on Samantha James station

Spydermonkey — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:02:31 GMT

Recently discovered the same thing about the above “artists”. Vey disappointed with Pandora!