A.I. music. Should we be scared? Let's talk!
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:54 am
Hi good people!
I have been through different stages of emotions in the last month about AI-generated music which has reached an unbelievable level of quality in the last weeks or so. From scared to death to hopeful to numb and back.
I've reached out to different people, read articles, watched podcasts, and, yes, listened to a bunch of AI-generated music. Here are my main thoughts for now:
An interesting point from an article I read is that it’s true the output of an AI generator can’t be sued unless it’s noticeably stolen. That part will stay the same as it is for H.I. (human intelligence) music.
But they are discussing the input side! Is it legal to take copyrighted music to feed a machine for the purpose of replacing that copyrighted music? I think that’s an interesting
way to look at it and it's creating some hope for some kind of leverage against that massive abuse, that has taken place already.
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/ ... f-it-legal
As I see it now, AI is here to stay, everybody agrees to this. AI will help composers and producers to create their music faster with more tools to accelerate time-consuming processes, everybody agrees to that. The "elephant in the room" are the AI tools that are and will replace composers and producers altogether. There are already communities in social media calling themselves „creators of AI music“! That use of the word creators makes my hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!
My feelings now are:
1. That there will always be (is) somebody working around laws (which will hopefully be established in the future) to save or gain money!
2. some of my hope lies in the fact that the input side (unlawful use of copyrighted material) of those AI generators will be looked at carefully and maybe will slow down the excessive flooding of the market with AI music.
3. It will have a huge impact on each composer and producer to take their fingers out of … you know… to be always a step ahead of AI music with more creative composing and producing so the label H.I. will become very significant. I think there is no AI generator (so far) that can create that emotional impact a human-created song can have. The one element that we will always (or at least for the next couple of decades) have over AI is emotions/feelings or better said the ability to implement that element in our work.
4. (same area as 3.) The times when we could get away with wallpaper music that sounds like the stuff found in large quantities in all libraries around the world by just combining splice and arcade loops or will come to an end. As I said emotions and feelings will become an even more important part of creating music!
5. I hope the good forces defending human creativity in all areas will come together and make the brand H.I a trademark that will also be used by all the serious TV and Movie creators, music libraries, and all the other players in that huge market.
Any thoughts?
Chris Moser
I have been through different stages of emotions in the last month about AI-generated music which has reached an unbelievable level of quality in the last weeks or so. From scared to death to hopeful to numb and back.
I've reached out to different people, read articles, watched podcasts, and, yes, listened to a bunch of AI-generated music. Here are my main thoughts for now:
An interesting point from an article I read is that it’s true the output of an AI generator can’t be sued unless it’s noticeably stolen. That part will stay the same as it is for H.I. (human intelligence) music.
But they are discussing the input side! Is it legal to take copyrighted music to feed a machine for the purpose of replacing that copyrighted music? I think that’s an interesting
way to look at it and it's creating some hope for some kind of leverage against that massive abuse, that has taken place already.
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/ ... f-it-legal
As I see it now, AI is here to stay, everybody agrees to this. AI will help composers and producers to create their music faster with more tools to accelerate time-consuming processes, everybody agrees to that. The "elephant in the room" are the AI tools that are and will replace composers and producers altogether. There are already communities in social media calling themselves „creators of AI music“! That use of the word creators makes my hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!
My feelings now are:
1. That there will always be (is) somebody working around laws (which will hopefully be established in the future) to save or gain money!
2. some of my hope lies in the fact that the input side (unlawful use of copyrighted material) of those AI generators will be looked at carefully and maybe will slow down the excessive flooding of the market with AI music.
3. It will have a huge impact on each composer and producer to take their fingers out of … you know… to be always a step ahead of AI music with more creative composing and producing so the label H.I. will become very significant. I think there is no AI generator (so far) that can create that emotional impact a human-created song can have. The one element that we will always (or at least for the next couple of decades) have over AI is emotions/feelings or better said the ability to implement that element in our work.
4. (same area as 3.) The times when we could get away with wallpaper music that sounds like the stuff found in large quantities in all libraries around the world by just combining splice and arcade loops or will come to an end. As I said emotions and feelings will become an even more important part of creating music!
5. I hope the good forces defending human creativity in all areas will come together and make the brand H.I a trademark that will also be used by all the serious TV and Movie creators, music libraries, and all the other players in that huge market.
Any thoughts?
Chris Moser
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