Our Lawdit Music blog recently posted an article regarding Spotify’s new plagiarism-detection artificial intelligence (AI). The latter is set to enable artists to detect potential infringement of a pre-existing work, in order to avoid costly lawsuits. The proposed technology will be sure to hold many benefits, such as protecting smaller artists from suits which they would otherwise be unlikely to win.
However, recent speculations appear to suggest this is the first step of a large building block toward replacing artists with AI. AI-generated music could be programmed to produce any melody, without the need to pay artists for their musical content. This would not be the first time Spotify would try to create its own music, as the company previously used fake artists to create an instrumental-based playlist. The latter demonstrates the downfall of AI music.
The replication of a human voice by such machinery can of course be achieved, however, it could be so standardised and perfect that it would not possess the comfort and imperfections of a human voice. Even the mere possibility of this occurrence is a large concern for artists and the future of music.
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By Lora Krasteva, a student from Southampton Solent University
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