Over half of musicians concerned over audience perception of AI use: Survey

cointelegraph.com:

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be pervasive in global industries, the music industry has been receptive to its transformative capabilities while remaining cautious about the risks to artists. 

In a recent survey released by the private music studio house Pirate, 53% of respondents said they had “concerns about how their audience might perceive music created with the assistance of AI.”

The survey reached 1,141 of its artists across the United Kingdom, United States and Germany - including band members, singer-songwriters, producers, instrumentalists, and rappers.

It also revealed artists’ hesitancy to employ AI in the studio with only 25% saying they have experience with AI. Nonetheless, 46% said they are willing to consider using such tools in the future.

One of the artists surveyed, Cristoph Krey of the Brooklyn-based band MYAI, said they use AI for 30% of all their activities and call the other 70% “art intelligence". Krey said it could be a difficult learning curve for artists to get involved with.

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The co-founder and CEO of Pirate, David Borrie, said it’s understandable for artists to be hesitant about using AI and broadcasting the use of AI. However, he likened the emerging technology to auto-tune, another groundbreaking technology to permeate the music industry and become a mainstay in contemporary production

Regarding artists in the music industry who already use AI in their creative process, the answer to where it was the most useful was in “songwriting and composition.”

Cointelegraph reached out to Pirate for more information on the survey. 

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