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The Drake and Weeknd song that went viral in April is just the beginning. In a time when ChatGPT is going mainstream and programs are allowing musicians to create once-unimaginable compositions, what’s the value of creativity?
I don’t see using AI in music as different from using any other tool. The kneejerk reaction is rooted in notions of purity.
Distortion on guitars, synthesisers, and sampling faced similar push back in previous decades. Now people accept them as “authentic” tools.
I fully expect musicians to adjust to the use of AI as a creative tool just the same as writers adjusted to typewriters after using pens.