As I indicated previously on WBF, generative AI is coming to the music industry. As someone who has worked in AI for 40 years, the change that is coming will be so transformative that it will change every aspect of the music industry, from creation to consumption to technology. Be forewarned if you are music creator, producer, hifi vendor or consumer. There are fortunes to be made and fortunes will be lost. Generative AI for music is the new Wild West of the music industry.
As evidence, consider this new startup called Suno AI that will generate on demand a completely novel song for you given a short prompt, and sing it as well with music.
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The ramifications are mind blowing. This era may be the last where humans are the sole creative species on the planet. Your children and grandchildren will live in a world where the vast content on the web is computer generated by AI, from music to movies to poetry and art. Anyone can be a creator. Much as You Tube made it possible for anyone to broadcast their videos to the world, generative AI will enable anyone to compose songs, generate music from them and distribute it. Where does this technology leave today’s creators?
Depending on your point of view, the AI generated future is Orwellian or a brighter tomorrow that levels the playing field by democratizing the music creation business. You don’t need to be a gifted songwriter or performer. Merely a “mixer” who searches through a space of prompts to get music written, composed and performed to your liking.
Whether we like it or not, we are hurtling towards an AI future that will touch every aspect of our lives, from the way our kids will be educated to how you will be treated for your illness to how you will be entertained.
Vast sums of money are pouring into generative AI. Just recently it was announced that Microsoft and Open AI are planning to set up a new AI data center that will cost $100 billion to build.
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The energy required for generative AI is so large that the hottest startups in the Bay Area are those involving nuclear fusion. Microsoft just signed a licensing deal to buy energy from a nuclear fusion startup.
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It gets better. Sam Altman of Open AI says he wants the US and other governments to pitch in seven trillion dollars for an AI chip industry. Even in the supercharged environment of the Bay Area, that’s a large number. It’s a quarter of the US’s GDP.
So, there you have it. We might be the last of humanity who enjoyed our intellectual dominance. Our AI overlords are coming. And we’re helping build them.
As evidence, consider this new startup called Suno AI that will generate on demand a completely novel song for you given a short prompt, and sing it as well with music.
Future of Music: A ChatGPT for Music Is Here. Inside Suno, the Startup Changing Everything — Rolling Stone
Suno AI wants everyone to be able to produce their own pro-level songs — but what does that mean for artists?
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The ramifications are mind blowing. This era may be the last where humans are the sole creative species on the planet. Your children and grandchildren will live in a world where the vast content on the web is computer generated by AI, from music to movies to poetry and art. Anyone can be a creator. Much as You Tube made it possible for anyone to broadcast their videos to the world, generative AI will enable anyone to compose songs, generate music from them and distribute it. Where does this technology leave today’s creators?
Depending on your point of view, the AI generated future is Orwellian or a brighter tomorrow that levels the playing field by democratizing the music creation business. You don’t need to be a gifted songwriter or performer. Merely a “mixer” who searches through a space of prompts to get music written, composed and performed to your liking.
Whether we like it or not, we are hurtling towards an AI future that will touch every aspect of our lives, from the way our kids will be educated to how you will be treated for your illness to how you will be entertained.
Vast sums of money are pouring into generative AI. Just recently it was announced that Microsoft and Open AI are planning to set up a new AI data center that will cost $100 billion to build.
Microsoft And OpenAI Partner On $100 Billion U.S. Data Center, Report Says
Sky rocketing demands for generative artificial intelligence have accelerated demands for AI-centric data centers that can handle more advanced tasks.
www.forbes.com
The energy required for generative AI is so large that the hottest startups in the Bay Area are those involving nuclear fusion. Microsoft just signed a licensing deal to buy energy from a nuclear fusion startup.
Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion
“I would say it’s the most audacious thing I’ve ever heard.”
www.theverge.com
It gets better. Sam Altman of Open AI says he wants the US and other governments to pitch in seven trillion dollars for an AI chip industry. Even in the supercharged environment of the Bay Area, that’s a large number. It’s a quarter of the US’s GDP.
So, there you have it. We might be the last of humanity who enjoyed our intellectual dominance. Our AI overlords are coming. And we’re helping build them.
