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- ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus is testing out AI-generated music to assist him partially compose a musical
- “A false impression is that AI can write an entire music. It’s awful at that — very unhealthy. And thank God! It’s very unhealthy at lyrics as properly. But it surely may give you concepts,” Ulvaeus stated throughout a panel at SXSW London
- The musician did not share actual particulars in regards to the musical he’s writing, however stated it was about three-quarters written
ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus is testing the waters in the case of AI-generated music.
Talking at a SXSW London panel titled The Way forward for Leisure on Wednesday, June 4, the “Dancing Queen” musician, 80, opened up about utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) to assist him partially compose a musical.
“It’s such an important software,” Ulvaeus stated throughout the panel Wednesday, per the Hollywood Reporter. “It’s unimaginable you can bounce backwards and forwards with a machine, or a software program, which may give you concepts to go in numerous completely different instructions.”
Ulvaeus did not share particular particulars in regards to the music he’s at present engaged on, however he shared that it’s about three-quarters written and clarified that AI was performing as “one other songwriter within the room,” not that it was writing complete songs.
“A false impression is that AI can write an entire music. It’s awful at that — very unhealthy. And thank God! It’s very unhealthy at lyrics as properly. But it surely may give you concepts,” Ulvaeus continued.
“You’ve gotten written a lyric about one thing, and also you’re caught perhaps, and also you need this music to be in a sure model. So you’ll be able to immediate the lyric and the model you need, asking, ‘The place would you go from right here?’ And it normally comes up with rubbish, however generally there’s something in it that offers you one other thought,” he added. ”That’s the way it works.”
Ulvaeus additionally cracked a joke, saying that AI could be incapable of writing an ABBA music.
“It says, ‘No, we will’t do this,’” he stated, earlier than joking that AI is nice for a number of issues — in contrast to his ABBA co-writer Benny Andersson, AI “is faster and does precisely what you inform it.”
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Ulvaeus’ ideas on AI-generated music are controversial ones — at the least in comparison with different musicians. In April 2024, over 200 artists banded collectively to signal an open letter denouncing “AI-music technology know-how” with the assistance of the Artists Rights Alliance.
“We, the undersigned members of the artist and songwriting communities, name on AI builders, know-how firms, platforms and digital music companies to stop using synthetic intelligence to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists,” the petition started.
“Make no mistake: we consider that, when used responsibly, AI has monumental potential to advance human creativity and in a way that allows the event and development of recent and thrilling experiences for music followers all over the place,” it continued. “Sadly, some platforms and builders are using AI to sabotage creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians and rightsholders.”
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Artists corresponding to Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Sting and Ed Sheeran have additionally been vocal about AI’s invading “the artistic sector” in a letter to The Occasions UK in February this 12 months.
Within the letter, the musicians argued that there’s ”no ethical or financial argument for stealing our copyright. Taking it away will devastate the trade and steal the way forward for the subsequent technology.”
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Nonetheless, not all musicians are against the rising know-how. Zedd argued to ipromiseyoumedia final 12 months that musicians have been utilizing a model of AI for years, citing music softwares that create instrumental sounds from the push of a button.
“It is simply that we’ve not labeled it ‘AI,'” he instructed ipromiseyoumedia amid a partnership with Intel for an AI expertise.
“I would not have the option, and I’d have by no means been in a position, to make the music I make if it wasn’t for AI,” he added. “I am excited for AI to get extra helpful, extra relevant in order that I can attain the objective of ending music quicker — so I haven’t got to let folks wait one other decade for an additional album.”
