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amaruk1ng

Will we ever see a A.I. tag on tabs?

As many here have already stated and read, A.I. "slop" tabs have been popping up on Songsterr in great amounts. What I mean with 'A.I. "slop" tabs' are tabs that are entirely made with A.I. and no human interaction besides pressing a button. Now that I've defined the term, I'll use it with this definition in mind.

I don't particularly mind the idea of using Songsterr's AI to speed up the early process of starting on a tab, but I deeply dislike the practice of entirely relying on A.I. to do things for you, as it takes away valuable learning possibilities, and I am sure many other users would support my opinion on this. On top of this, the thought of young musicians trying to learn one of their favourite songs, going on Songsterr and finding a tab for it, then proceeding to learn it without realising it's an AI "slop" tab, then proceeding to learn the song via the tab with wrong fingering, wrong notes, wrong rhythms, etc., and not realising it because they aren't trained enough to hear the differences yet saddens me.

So this brings me to my point. Is it possible for these sorts of tabs (A.I. "slop" tabs) to get a marking that they are entirely made with A.I. and that there may be inaccuracies in the tab? Maybe an icon on the right side of the tab name which, when clicked on, gives info about how the tab is made entirely with A.I. and may contain inaccuracies.

Currently if a person wants to know if a tab is an AI "slop" tab, they need to click on the revisions and search for it manually. This does prove that Songsterr keeps a record of which tabs were generated with A.I. and which weren't, so it might be possible to update this system so it adds a first-sight visible marking to these tabs.

This does beckon the question of when and what should be marked as AI. Obviously first revision tabs that have had 0 human interference and were solely made by A.I. should be marked as such. But what about a tab that was originally made with A.I. but later slightly adjusted (for example, made the fingering more accurate/playable)? Or what about a tab that was originally made with AI, but later 1 of the instruments was worked on and made more accurate? Should this tab still be marked as A.I. because the majority of the instruments are still AI-tabbed or not? (Maybe a per-track marking, but I can see how that can get messy).

I understand that creating a good method for judging if a tab should be AI-marked or not can be difficult, but I do think it is necessary for Songsterr to be as transparent as possible about what is and what isn't AI to their consumers, as this would increase trust between Songsterr and us users (consumers) and is needed to avoid negative byproducts of not marking this, such as people majorly learning something wrong.

P.S.

My apologies if this came over as a rant, but I just like to clearly lay out my points and inform Songsterr and its users about what I feel is currently the most pressing issue about Songsterr. I'd like to hear your guys' thoughts on this issue and the points I mentioned.

Posted Jan 10, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC

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