How AI-generated music is shaking up the industry and why artists are wary

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The use of AI in music exploded with the entry of tech giants and powerful AI-first firms. One of the pioneers was OpenAI’s Jukebox. Released in 2020, it generated raw audio that approximated the inputs you gave like a certain musician or a particular genre.

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How AI-generated music is shaking up the industry and why artists are wary

The use of AI in music exploded with the entry of tech giants and powerful AI-first firms. One of the pioneers was OpenAIs Jukebox. Released in 2020, it generated raw audio that approximated the inputs you gave like a certain musician or a particular genre.
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And
time.com

How AI Is Transforming Music

AI tools can emulate famous singers and create entire songs. But some musicians are worried about copyright violations and the impact on their jobs.
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For complex music like classical, I doubt but already computerised music and stupid repetitive lyrics like pop, the artists are indeed in danger.
 
alpha1 said:
All the creative work shall be taken up by the AI, and all the drudgery by robotics.
I wonder what are humans going to do?
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The balance of economics will take care of it. If robots and AI produce the goods and services, the company making them still need to sell it to consumers, who have to pay. For that, they need to earn, for which they need jobs. So, jobs will get created, perhaps even where they weren’t before. Because if they aren’t, then consumption will reduce. In short, at the macro level, economics will maintain the balance… it doesn’t have a choice.
 
And about jobs…. Those who adapt well to the AI industry and its applications will do fine.
Others will become redundant and retire to a life preoccupied with audio setups, bee keeping, bar crawling and such.
 

AI Voices Fool Humans, But Brain Responses Differ​

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AI Voices Fool Humans, But Brain Responses Differ - Neuroscience News

People struggle to distinguish between human and AI-generated voices, identifying them correctly only about half the time.
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Summary: People struggle to distinguish between human and AI-generated voices, identifying them correctly only about half the time. Despite this, brain scans revealed different neural responses to human and AI voices, with human voices triggering areas related to memory and empathy, while AI voices activated regions for error detection and attention regulation.

These findings highlight both the challenges and potential of advanced AI voice technology. Further research will explore how personality traits affect the ability to discern voice origins.
 

Ram Gopal Varma abandons human musicians for AI-generated music​


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Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma abandons human musicians for AI-generated music

Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is ditching human musicians for artificial intelligence, saying he'll use only AI-generated tunes in future projects, a Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma says he'll use only AI-generated music in future projects.
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Analogous said:

AI Voices Fool Humans, But Brain Responses Differ​

neurosciencenews.com

AI Voices Fool Humans, But Brain Responses Differ - Neuroscience News

People struggle to distinguish between human and AI-generated voices, identifying them correctly only about half the time.
neurosciencenews.com neurosciencenews.com

Summary: People struggle to distinguish between human and AI-generated voices, identifying them correctly only about half the time. Despite this, brain scans revealed different neural responses to human and AI voices, with human voices triggering areas related to memory and empathy, while AI voices activated regions for error detection and attention regulation.

These findings highlight both the challenges and potential of advanced AI voice technology. Further research will explore how personality traits affect the ability to discern voice origins.
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AI is getting better by the day. I do imagine that the skill of the human making use of the AI tool also matters (for now).

"There I Ruined It" is the Youtube channel of an enterprising musician, who uses AI to uh, mix things up between artists and tracks and genres. Very entertaining. The video below is self-explanatory, heh heh. There's plenty more on this channel.

 
whiskymusic said:
DJs & EDM producers might be affected the most
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Come to think of it, we already have DJ software, but for a party or event you still need a live body to sense the mood, offer up the right tracks and control the vibe. Thats still far off in terms of AI, and likely way more expensive than hiring a DJ babu with rep.
 
mark2gp said:
Come to think of it, we already have DJ software, but for a party or event you still need a live body to sense the mood, offer up the right tracks and control the vibe. Thats still far off in terms of AI, and likely way more expensive than hiring a DJ babu with rep.
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There are good DJs, there are great DJs and there are many other types of DJs.
All of them have set lists that some algorithm could consistently recreate with songs having similar tempo, etc.
But great DJs are special indeed and rare.
 
I guess the new gen of artists will be worried..for oldies like me who have most of the music one likes to listen to, guess this is a case of " not my monkey not my circus" :D
 
I want that monkey and the circus too!😄
I am “oldier” than you, and will probably be killed by curiosity
 
arj said:
I guess the new gen of artists will be worried..for oldies like me who have most of the music one likes to listen to, guess this is a case of " not my monkey not my circus" :D
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Exactly! The latest gen ( Gen Z and Alpha ) is going to be the most confused, disoriented and disadvantaged people in so many areas compared to Millennials and Generation X.
 
arj said:
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Brilliant, Sad but futile gesture, I feel. The publicity from this is likely to be more useful than the projected sales of this album.
This trend is not in music alone. We may call them fake or deepfakes but I honestly can’t not distinguish between a fake video (created using software etc) and a real one anymore.

Technological advances in mimicking and competing with, and ripping off some of the most precious and celebrated human traits: creativity…. is happening in music and many other traditional art forms where creativity, innovation and inventiveness are all under siege. (Humanoid dancers performing Bharatanatyam coming to a stage near you sooner than you think)
Any skill that can be digitised will have a machine learnt equivalent probably.
The EU recognises copyright of digital art: https://intellectual-property-helpd...ectual-property-and-digital-art-2024-02-29_en

Handwriting has become an obsolete skill even as most of us are oblivious to this change. I realise I haven’t written a full page of anything in over a decade, even with my stylus and iPad. Biometrics are replacing signatures. I am not sure why schools are still teaching writing by hand when machines do better calligraphy.
Even the legendary “doctors’ legendary indecipherable handwriting is under threat!
But it may not be all smooth sailing for the machines:
9to5mac.com

iPhone dictation transcribes 'racist' with 'Trump', Apple promises a fix - 9to5Mac

Apple says that “phonetic overlap” is to blame for a peculiar glitch in the iPhone’s dictation feature. Over the last...
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When it comes to art, consider this:
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