How Will AI Impact The Future of Music?
AI is a big topic in many industries right now, but it's especially sensitive in music and the arts in general. Some people are anxious that they will lose their employment, while others are concerned that the value of human creativity will be eroded even further, and many are concerned that they will be left behind as technology once again renders entire business models outdated. Furthermore, things like this are happening that are only somewhat concerning. Creative AI could be the most disruptive technology for the music industry since the Napster piracy era. Already in 2023, independent researchers and big-tech businesses like Google and ByteDance have launched over ten different music AI models, allowing anyone to make custom tunes in seconds with only a text prompt. Hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs are now available on streaming sites, thanks to off-the-shelf music AI technologies like Boomy. In general, generative AI tools for text and visual art, such as ChatGPT...