AI in music

[Steve James]

Actually, this reminded me that it's advisable for everyone to have a safe-word to avoid being scammed by someone imitating a loved-one's voice.
The music stuff is trivial compared to that, but it's still scary.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eAQOhDNLt4

[everything]

Didn’t have time to watch whole thing.

Any recap? Legal? Creative? Prediction?

[Steve James]

The video is less important than the psa. It might be interest musicians, specifically, but some points are that:

If someone uses AI to reproduce Elvis, who gets the rights? The creator or Elvis's estate? Can it be copyrighted at all.
There are some AI reproductions of singers that have gotten millions of views, and some people have preferred them to the originals.

As I said, the deeper issue is that it can copy you. Suppose your child called and said they needed some money because they'd been in an accident? How do you "know" you'd be talking to them? The video just discusses the effects on the music industry.

[wayne hansen]

They are already doing the one with the kids calling for cash
I think you should be able to tell by your kids response if you know your kids

[Dmitri]

I like this guy's channel...
Good stuff. Interesting comparison with the Napster phenomenon.

I think eventually, after all the hype settles and people sort this out and learn to live with it, where AI music is its own subgenre like what "electronic music" had become, things will normalize and all this might boost the value of, and demand for, live performances.

The whole thing reminded me of this:
https://youtu.be/cPjva0C5_Cc

[Steve James]

Yeah, he has a great channel.

Imo, the AI music thing is more a matter of who profits from what. That part is irrelevant to me. Afa the end product, if it's good music, I'm totally fine with it. Hearing new Michael Jackson or John Lennon songs could be cool, though a bit sacrilegious. To me, though, the biggest loss is that the result can never be experienced live with an audience.

I grew up with Bernstein's work. I played cello in school orchestra. I used to go down to Lincoln Center to the music library to listen to the classics through headphones. I remember when Switched on Bach was released. It was played on the radio. Yeah, there's a similarity. Though, a synthesizer keyboard is still an instrument.

Anyway, the musical aspect doesn't scare me at all.

[Dmitri]

the biggest loss is that the result can never be experienced live with an audience.

I think it'll happen the same weird way it's been happening with electronic music - some sort of a DJ/party setup maybe. Obviously no musicians with instruments, because there wouldn't be any to begin with for that sort of music. Possibly an AI -generated holographic projection of "player(s)"?

[Steve James]

Possibly an AI -generated holographic projection of "player(s)"?

You're right. It's happened already with a holographic Michael Jackson. I guess it'd be possible to have AI MJ renditions of new songs. But, can anyone make their own?

[Dmitri]

You still need humans. AI lacks initiative.

[windwalker]

The video is less important than the psa. It might be interest musicians, specifically, but some points are that:

If someone uses AI to reproduce Elvis, who gets the rights? The creator or Elvis's estate? Can it be copyrighted at all.
There are some AI reproductions of singers that have gotten millions of views, and some people have preferred them to the originals.

As I said, the deeper issue is that it can copy you. Suppose your child called and said they needed some money because they'd been in an accident? How do you "know" you'd be talking to them? The video just discusses the effects on the music industry.

Some mention Elvis

[Steve James]

Looks like him, and the visuals are cool. The voice sounds a bit off, for some reason.

Anyway, now he'll never get to leave the building.
Thank you very much.