The AI Debate is Tearing Through the Music Industry – But the Loudest Critics Keep Whispering Through ChatGPT

There’s a strange kind of morality play playing out in the music industry right now, one that exposes the fault lines between genuine creative solidarity and self-serving double standards. Musicians across genres, scenes, and career stages are lining up to decry the encroachment of AI into music production. You’d think it was a Terminator sequel set in a studio, with the level of doomsaying and dystopian scaremongering pouring out across social media. But while the same artists cry foul over AI-generated songs, many are more than happy to let artificial intelligence polish their bios, design their album covers, or even write their press releases. It’s not the use of AI that’s the problem, apparently. It’s the use of AI on their turf. If that isn’t the definition of cherry-picking morality, I’m not sure what is. This isn’t a defence of generative AI infringing on human-made art, but if we’re going to talk about exploitation, it needs to be a conversation rooted in consistency and collective accountability. Because right now, there’s very little of that. Hypocrisy Dressed as Integrity: AI for Admin, Not for Art? It’s hard to take an artist seriously when they bang the drum about AI stealing their […] The post The AI Debate is Tearing Through the Music Industry – But the Loudest Critics Keep Whispering Through ChatGPT appeared first on A&R Factory.

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There’s a strange kind of morality play playing out in the music industry right now, one that exposes the fault lines between genuine creative solidarity and self-serving double standards. Musicians across genres, scenes, and career stages are lining up to decry the encroachment of AI into music production. You’d think it was a Terminator sequel set in a studio, with the level of doomsaying and dystopian scaremongering pouring out across social media. But while the same artists cry foul over AI-generated songs, many are more than happy to let artificial intelligence polish their bios, design their album covers, or even write their press releases. It’s not the use of AI that’s the problem, apparently. It’s the use of AI on their turf. If that isn’t the definition of cherry-picking morality, I’m not sure what is. This isn’t a defence of generative AI infringing on human-made art, but if we’re going to talk about exploitation, it needs to be a conversation rooted in consistency and collective accountability. Because right now, there’s very little of that. Hypocrisy Dressed as Integrity: AI for Admin, Not for Art? It’s hard to take an artist seriously when they bang the drum about AI stealing their […]

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