Former leader of The Police about an impending “battle” between humans and Artificial Intelligence regarding songwriting.
Sting spoke to the BBC about the increasing rise of songwriting led by AI and how he thinks he will never be able to replicate songs written by humans.
“The building blocks of music belong to us, human beings,” he said. “That will be a battle that we will all have to fight in the coming years: defending our human capital against AI”.
The former leader of Police he added that the technological innovation “doesn’t impress me at all”, comparing it to “the way I watch a movie with CGI”.
“I get bored right away when I see a computer-generated image,” he added. “I guess I’ll feel the same way about AI making music… Maybe for electronic dance music it will work. But for songs, you know, that express emotions, I don’t think I’d be moved by it.”
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The comments arrive the same week as Spotify launched its AI DJ in the UK and Ireland, which recognizes users’ listening habits and suggests new songs using artificial intelligence.
The concept was first announced by Spotify in February, when it unveiled its DJ feature, describing it as a “personalized AI guide that knows you and your musical taste so well that it can choose what to play for you.”
Recent cases of AI-generated music
Last month, a UK band went viral after using AI to imagine what they would sound like. Oasis if they reformed and released a new album in 2023.
The eight-track album, dubbed “AISIS”, was developed by indie band Breezerwho created his own tracks and later added an AI version of the voice of Liam Gallagher on top.
Regarding the local sphere, a YouTube user named @petacas_posting managed to create a new version of “Cable a tierra”. The user with the manipulation of different codes, achieved that the voice of the charly garcia from the 80s replace the voice of fito paez.
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