Grammy for AI generated music


I’m elderly and a seasoned listener. I am also a traditionalist and institutionalist. I grew up in Memphis,TN listening and having the honor to meet some amazing musicians — like Elvis, Issac Hayes, Al Green, Staple Singers, Otis Redding, Barkays, Booker T & MG’s, and Rufus Thomas. Stax Records, King Studios, Blues Alley, and Beale Street were only a bus stop away, where they sometimes welcomed limited resource black kids like me into the studios and clubs. Today, I heard a newly released, AI generated R&B ballad. It was strikingly good. The originator openly acknowledged that she could not sing nor play an instrument, but was very creative. AI gave her a creative vehicle. Will a day come when the Academy recognizes and lauds the people talent that oversees AI developed music? I for one think it’s in our music future. Much like film ultimately came to partner with stage.

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@kevemaher

Artificially created sound is not music for me since it was not performed by a human being using a musical instrument.

How about a classical-style score, created by AI, but played by real musicians on real instruments?  Say, ask AI to create the score for Hadyn's 107th symphony or Vivaldi's violin concerto number 231.

I’m not sure how many of the people speaking up have actually tried the leading AI platforms, at least the free versions. Rest assured, musicians will not lose their jobs, nor can AI yet generate mature or professional compositions truly worth listening to.  I describe this as the FEAR symptom.

FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real

There's no shortage of humans who may not create what some would consider 'mature or professional compositions truly worth listening to', either.

But then, who is to determine what is worth listening to? Nobody else but me can tell me whether what I'm listening to is worth listening to. 

That being said, I've still not knowingly heard any AI generated music. 

There’s so much bad music out there as is, that AI music will live in that arena no matter how technically ‘good’ the melody is.  Without true human soul, it’s not going to touch your soul.  The cream will always rise and Ai will never be equipped to with a human soul. I say Let it ride, if it’s better than the mediocre music that fills so much of the airways than so be it.