Noted British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Steven Wilson He expressed concern over the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the music industry. His comments came after several songs had used AI technology to “clone” his vocals and create new tracks.
WilsonSince the 1980s, he has been the driving force behind a number of musical projects, most notably the rock band Porcupine Treeexpressed his feelings in a social media post on Friday (July 19). He wrote: “For the last few years, when asked in interviews about the future of music, I have said that I believe a scenario will arise where musicians will no longer be needed, and pre-recorded tracks will no longer be needed. Music will be created in real time by artificial intelligence according to the listener's demands at that moment. You choose the singer you want to sing for you (and not just any singer).Freddie Mercury, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon Whoever you are, you can input the theme and genre of music you want to sing, and the music will be generated in real time, and you can save it for later, share it with friends, delete it, etc. Personally, I think the creation of some artificial intelligence has made a big step in that direction. Steven Wilson This track caught my attention. I don't know who made it or what their motivation was, but I have a really hard time hearing myself sing these songs when it's not me. Regardless of how you feel about the quality of the music, this is eerie and almost surreal.
“We're in the midst of a major shift in how music is made and how people interact with it,” he added. “Do most people care that they're not listening to human music? The future is certainly changing. Let us know what you think.”
Wilson He's not the only rock musician to have expressed concern about the possibility of AI being incorporated into music in the future. Brian May from Queen Said Guitarist Magazine: “AI will enhance human problem-solving abilities, so I think we'll see a lot of great things. Right now, what I'm most concerned about is the arts. I think by this time next year, the situation will be completely different. We don't know what will be created by AI and what will be created by humans.”
He continued, “I think we may look back on 2023 as the last year that humans truly controlled the music scene. … I'm prepared to feel anxious and sad.”
May He added that he's concerned about “the potential for AI to cause evil” not just in music but in all fields. “I think this whole thing is very scary,” he said. “The impact is much more far-reaching than anybody realizes, or at least I realize.”
In July 2023 “Piers Morgan Uncensored”, kiss Bassist/Vocalist Gene Simmons “Are you excited or worried about artificial intelligence, specifically artificial intelligence?” [as it relates to] Aside from the music industry, I am concerned about the lack of legislation, as you enter a new, say, new planet, you are trying to land in a new place. [planet]Well, obviously there are opportunities out there. There are opportunities in minerals and all sorts of things. If there are no rules of the game… it's like playing a sport with no rules. Who's going to do what? There needs to be rules that are kind and beneficial to humanity, to women, to transgender people, to all kinds of people. OK, does that apply to everyone?
He continued, “The problem with AI is… AI is here to stay, whether we like it or not. So let's be smart and make a law. An AI can use my voice, or a voice that sounds like me, to create a new song that sounds exactly like me, absolutely That seems to be the case. If it's made by an AI, who owns the copyright and publishing rights if I buy it? It looks like me, so is it me? I'd say it's me. These are unknowns. [territories]”
This May, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash Joining the discussion about people using AI music generators as tools to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning models, he said: Battleground Podcast“I'm not too excited about this new development because I know most people will overuse it. First, it will be confusing and misleading. Second, there will be too many different things that look and sound the same. I can already see that happening.”
“I love going into the studio and recording bands live on analog. [my new blues] record [‘Orgy Of The Damned’]”So the idea of AI, I can't see a meaningful application to what I do,” he continued, “and I'm interested to see who comes up with something that's really cool and unique and useful to me. But I wouldn't be too excited about an AI recreating something in terms of music, or actually creating something original. You can have an AI write lyrics or do whatever, but you're the one doing the actual work, and that doesn't excite me.”
Slash “Technology itself is a human achievement. It's a really amazing thing,” he explained. “Technology always shows great potential for things, but at the end of the day it's how people use it – mass applications – that's the worry.”
Spain in May 2024 Metal Journal, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt On people using AI in the music industry, he said: “Everybody's worried, everybody's scared, everybody thinks it's going to change things. But I love AI. You know why I love it? I want to embrace it more and more, spread it more. The more people who think about what AI can bring to the table, that they can use AI to mimic emotion, the bigger rock and roll is going to be to me. Rock and roll is about, if you realize that since the 1930s, we've made advances in the technology to synthesize everything from telephones to televisions to cell phones to computers, has the guitar changed? Nothing. Zero. Has the drum set changed? Nothing. Has the bass guitar changed? Nothing. Just the microphone.
“Rock 'n' roll, to me, has always been about being broken,” he explained. “It's not artificial. It's not perfect. It's our imperfections that make us shine. And that's the danger. An AI can write lyrics, write songs, do anything, record anything, do anything, but no matter how hard an AI tries, it's always going to sound sterile. Because if an AI, like, I know, Led Zeppelin… Led Zeppelin I did not hear Led Zeppelin Every night. Sometimes it was great, sometimes it was sloppy, sometimes it was phenomenal. That's the danger, that's the beauty of rock and roll, and it's something that an AI can never replicate. I don't care how hard they try.
” [latest] Extreme album [2023’s ‘Six’] – Fuck Extreme; It didn't matter if it was extreme. You just made an album and people were just saying thank you, “Thanks for the rock album,” “Thanks for rock and roll.” That's the hunger and scarcity that we have. So, to me, the more sanitized pop music becomes — as it has been for the last 10, 20 years — very sanitized, very auto-tuned, very all that stuff — the greater rock and roll becomes.
“Sometimes I Keanu Reeves in 'matrix'” Nuno He added: “Rock 'n' roll will always trump any technology or anything anyone puts into it, because you can never be in front of an audience. An AI can never stand on stage and recreate what we do in a particular moment, what we say, the sweat, the love, the passion, the audience. That relationship is something that an AI can never touch.”
Last September, Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman Said Australian musicians Editor Greg Phillips On people using AI in the music industry: “There has to be something good in it. And whether we're scared of the technology or not, it's going to happen. So I think we can fight to the end, and there are people in the music industry who have been fighting analogue versus digital for a long time.”
He continued: “I get nostalgic when I remember the days when everything was analog and you could sit down and listen to an entire album from start to finish. It was great and people still enjoy that, but technology allows us to talk like this, and technology allows us to listen to the music we've been listening to. Pro Tools Some of the greatest recording ideas in history have come from this.”
Friedman He added: “We can't resist it completely. It's like spitting in the sky, it doesn't mean anything. I think the best of AI is yet to come. AI hasn't done anything to wow me yet. From what I've seen, it's kind of cute and funny mashups and stuff, I don't want to sit down and listen to an album, but technology and AI and all that stuff is real. For better or worse, it's not going to go away. So the sooner we embrace it and embrace how to not only live with it but benefit from it, the sooner we'll all be able to enjoy life in a healthier way than just being old people who say, 'I hate this stuff.'” It's really easy for people, especially from previous generations, to fall into that mindset because they know how good it was back then. There's a lot of shit now because of technology, and it's easy to hate on that stuff, but it's not going to go away. So what's the benefit of being negative about it?
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Posted by Steven Wilson on Friday, July 19, 2024
