Commentary: The pushback against AI songs is music to my ears
For Bloomberg Opinion's Dave Lee, music generated entirely by AI is an abomination and finding it placed by algorithms into a playlist is a “deeply violating experience”.
Bloomberg Opinion contributor Dave Lee opines against AI-generated music, stating it is an "abomination" and deeply violating when placed in playlists. This perspective is supported by the fact that AI-generated songs have been topping charts since 2022, with many created by the app Suno, which scraped millions of human-created songs.
While some musicians, like Dr. Dre and Bjorn Ulvaeus, see AI as a tool for creativity, Lee argues that AI-generated music without human talent is unacceptable. Tidal, Spotify, and Apple have taken steps to label AI-generated music and exclude it from algorithmic playlists, while Australia's ARIA has banned wholly AI-generated music from their charts.
However, detecting AI use may become increasingly challenging as technology improves, and some argue that proving the human touch through biometrics could be a solution.
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