Artificial Intelligence in music is here to stay… Get used to it.
By: Michael Whalen
Everyone is talking Artificial Intelligence and the implications of AI in replacing everything from composers, authors, fine artists, actors, and many more sub-specialties across the entire entertainment landscape. Computer technology advancements have sped up the adoption of AI as an “everyday” option for big and small companies and consumers.
PREDICTION: By the end of 2023, those marketing music and visual art will distinguish between “machine-made” vs. “human-made,” and it will be a thing about which we are all talking.
The biggest problem with Artificial Intelligence isn’t its ability to mimic everything from Bach to Shakespeare. Instead, it is the enormous copyright loophole created by the U.S. Government’s lack of action in the face of this technological juggernaut. In October 2022, the U.S. government reluctantly published a blueprint for a potential“AI Bill of Rights” the Biden White House says would “make automated systems work for the American people.” This ridiculous document marks the first very tentative step towards AI regulation in the U.S. as other parts of the world, including the UK, develop far more detailed legislation. But it also leaves the ownership and disposition of AI works unclear at best. Into the ownership vacuum…
