Rick Beato Is Almost Right About AI — Here's What's Missing

In this video, I respond to Rick Beato's recent argument that today's AI data centres are heading for the same collapse that hit recording studios in the late 1990s — and I largely agree with him. I break down why the recording studio analogy is a powerful one, explore where I think it falls short, and explain why the reality for AI infrastructure is likely to be a slow correction rather than a sudden collapse. I also look at what this shift means specifically for those of us working in immersive audio and spatial music production, where both local and cloud-based AI tools are going to matter for the foreseeable future.

I then take Rick's demonstration one step further and show you how to generate a complete AI song — lyrics and all — entirely on your local machine, for free, using LM Studio and ComfyUI with the open-source ACE-Step 1.5 model. No subscriptions, no API keys, no data leaving your computer. Whether you are a musician, an audio professional, or simply curious about where this technology is heading, this video will give you a grounded, practical perspective on what local AI can already do today — and what it means for the future of creative work.