How Brian Eno Used AI to Make Music Like His Own; Booking-Agent.io Enhances Venue Research, Show Booking
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CEO of Song-Generating AI App Says People "Don't Enjoy" Making Music With Instruments
AI companies continue to reach for tortuous narratives to justify stuffing AI tech into virtually every aspect of our daily lives.
Take Mikey Shulman, the CEO of AI music generator company Suno AI, who had some choice words about how he sees the creative process when it comes to making music during an appearance on the "20VC" podcast flagged by 404 Media.
"It’s not really enjoyable to make music now," he said. "It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you need to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software."
How Brian Eno Used AI to Make Music Like His Own
Brian Eno revealed what happened when he tried to use AI to generate music in his own style.
He discussed the status of machine learning while talking about his upcoming book, What Art Does, co-written with Bette Adriaanse, which explores the nature of creativity. But the tech pioneer warned of a “chasm of mediocrity” between work created by algorithms those invented by human artists.
BPI says AI proposals risk 'destroying the UK's status as a creative superpower'
There are concerns in the creative sector, particularly with the launch of a government consultation last month that proposes introducing an exception to copyright law for AI training for commercial purposes, while allowing rights-holders to reserve their rights, so they can control the use of their content.
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