ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus is making a musical utilizing AI and has hailed the divisive know-how “an extension of your thoughts”.
Björn Ulvaeus says AI is a ‘actually useful gizmo’ that’s serving to him create a musical
The ‘Dancing Queen’ hitmaker was one in every of 10,500 signatories from the artistic industries warning synthetic intelligence firms that unlicensed use of their work is a “main, unjust risk” to artists’ livelihoods.
The assertion learn: “The unlicensed use of artistic works for coaching generative AI is a significant, unjust risk to the livelihoods of the folks behind these works, and should not be permitted.”
Though Ulvaeus is towards his work getting used with out his consent – that does not imply he is not a fan of the know-how, going so far as to name it a songwriting companion.
Talking at London’s inaugural SXSW on Wednesday (04.06.25), he mentioned: “It’s such an awesome instrument. It’s like having one other songwriter within the room with an enormous reference body.
“It’s actually an extension of your thoughts. You have got entry to issues that you simply didn’t consider earlier than.”
Explaining how he utilises AI, he added: “You possibly can immediate a lyric you could have written about one thing, and also you’re caught possibly, and also you need this tune to be in a sure fashion. “You possibly can ask it, How would you lengthen? The place would you go from right here? It normally comes out with rubbish, however typically there’s something in it that provides you one other thought.”
The Swedish pop veteran beforehand warned that AI should not “exclude the human”.
In a earlier interview with BBC Look North, he mentioned: “It will make song-writing totally different. Whether or not it may be higher, I do not know however it’s it may have an effect on society as a complete.
“It might result in spectacular issues. Alternatively, we’ve to be very cautious in order that it would not exclude the human songwriter or producer or artist.
“To be heard by the noise you actually should be very, superb. I believe that it takes a human hand so as to add that further little proportion wanted to attain a extremely good tune.”