I can't believe they have the audacity to do this. The audacity!

I've been using Tenacity for a while now. Audacity has become problematic. But honestly, I don't do too much audio editing. Just some clipping and noise removal.

Isn't Audacity FOSS? I might be assuming 100% here...

Seems like an indication they wanna know what the users want to do but it'd be nice to be able to say "yes" to the non generative uses only

I answered this question with Other: You should be ashamed for even asking this question.

That survey sounds more like they're thinking about asking an MCP API to it. That is, an AI assistant could be connected to send calls to perform tasks through Audacity without needing OpenClaw-like full computer access.

One use case I can imagine is, an indie game developer has a recording they want to use but it's noisy and they're bad at sound editing so they ask an AI to do something about it. The AI sees an exposed Audacity MCP server and goes to town.

I guess it could work?

Introducing Audacity Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers!

None of these are a definitive "No I don't use AI". What a shit survey

gasp!

The audacity....

Couldn't help myself, apologies

One of the ideas of a market research survey like these is to check if there is market demand for a given addition to a product. It does not mean they want to add it, i means they want to add it if user want it added.

I'm not sure if I see the problem with this

Seems like they are asking how loudly they should announce the addition of AI to their software. If the survey comes back positive they'll shout Audio Assistant Support from the rooftops, if nobody wants it they'll put it in anyway, but it will be a buried feature in the bottom of an obscure update note 'AAS added to collect data to enhance user workflow and customize UX'.

What I see is them asking whether or not their users want to see "AI" in Audacity and that sounds like a perfectly fine thing to survey for. There is also an option for a custom response, go answer with something like "I will stop using Audacity if AI functionality gets implemented" if you care about it.

On the other hand, I think Audacity has been using LLMs on the development side for a while now and Tenacity exists with a clear no-slop policy.

The only areas I’d would use “AI” in Audacity would be to better clean up background noises more easily and possibly split tracks up so I could maybe hear the voices better or instuments better depending on the scenario. GenAI is a hard no otherwise.

The fact they are asking, means they are considering. And that's grounds for uninstalling it and looking for an alternative.