So far, artificial intelligence is mainly used as a tool for making music. This has sparked a debate about copyright.
Artificial intelligence has also become part of music making. Illustration image. Tanapong Sungkaew / Alamy Stock Photo
Artificial intelligence is now taking over the music market. According to Wired artificial intelligence has already been used in more than 100 million songs, which can be found in various streaming services. It would take hundreds of years to listen to all of these.
Although artificial intelligence is mainly a tool for musicians, it could be possible that at some point this will compete with humans.
– Artificial intelligence is different. It’s fast, it’s big and it can make personalized content, Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystemeditor of the book Martin Clancy stated to Wired.
A toy for amateurs
However, the biggest user group for artificial intelligence tools is presumably amateur musicians who just aim to play around with the tools instead of creating actual breakthrough hits.
– Spotify is becoming a place where a large amount of music made by consumers ends up and mixes with everything else, a music industry analyst from the Midia research center Tatiana Cirisano told.
The relationship of music produced with artificial intelligence to copyright law has recently sparked a debate. The creations of artificial intelligence tools utilize information found on the web, which by combining them, it tries to create an output according to the user’s request.
Worried about this, Universal Music Group, for example, has demanded that Spotify and Apple not allow artificial intelligence to use their copyrighted songs.
Bad for the environment
Music streaming services usually expand with the amount of music they offer. However, quantity does not mean quality, and many songs end up playing on servers, and only a few people listen to them.
Unlistened music pieces also have an impact on the environment, because storing them on servers consumes energy.
of The Conversation according to the music industry, it has been estimated that the greenhouse emissions of the music industry alone were up to 350 million kilograms in 2016. At that time, artificial intelligence tools were still being introduced to a wider audience.