Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that’s different”::Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

  • OtterEnglish
    32•1 year ago

    I think the statement was more about the impact, which will depend on each person’s subjective experience

    Personally I agree. Even if AI could produce identical work, the impact would be lessened. Art is more meaningful when you know it took time and was an expression/interpretation by another human (rather than a pattern prediction algorithm Frankenstein-ing existing work together). Combine that with the volume of AI content that’s produced, and the impact of any particular song/art piece is even more limited.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•1 year ago

      I’d say art is more meaningful when it’s a unique experience. It’s like those myths about glassmakers being killed blinded after the cathedral is finnished so that no one can replicate the glass color… without the killing.