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It will be about cost efficiency first, then goes to what the industry are going to look for at that time.... Now lets say the cost is even, there will be further marketing strategy to maintain as people will idolize human not robot, it will sells more. Composers, whose skill forte is not crushed by AI will still able to go on, whose skill is still beyond the almighty AI also can survive. Those who do not work hard enough will be washed away.

I think human composers will remain relevant in any future I can imagine. But I think we should be wise not to dismiss the idea that AI will find a legitimate place in the music industry. I think its first use may be offering composers a suite of tools to extend and enhance their music - auto arranging, auto mixing, offering thematic and harmonic development quickly that human composers can select and work into their compositions. In time, I think AI will be able to produce passable underscore and basic cues with minimal human interaction - perhaps taking basic ideas from human composers and extending them impressively and automatically. For many purposes, this may suffice for editors and producers who need quick, plentiful music. I don’t see AI setting any trends or pushing any boundaries creatively anytime soon. It may be able to create unique pieces of music, but I think it will lack the sophistication to truly “emote” for a while. But I think it will be able to use the ample catalogue of music already in existence to create good quality, broadly unique derivatives in a limited framework - and we will need to adapt to that reality.

I would say so. The TedX talk done by Damien Riehl kind of tangentially explores this by using AI to copyright note combination, but more in regards to protect artists regarding copyright infringements and how notes are more limited than lyrical expression. Once it is automated by AI, that creates a large swath of gray regarding copyright. I'm curious to see how this progresses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtm0MoOgiU

I imagine there might be a place for generic AI music, but it would never have any 'soul', and it would likely lack originality. If anything it might force composers to start to think outside the box a little more. I can't imagine AI will ever replace a composition created from a basis of emotion and human experience.

Let us remember what the photograph did for visual art; released artists from existing (not bad, but existing) convention; thereafter expressionist and abstract forms took flight. AI to music will be as the photograph was to visual art. So long as there is a human condition and a perception of sorrow, love, beauty, and aspiration, composers will be relevant. More so as AI approaches a conscience state; for at that point our (your) human art form will help share and express our (AI and human) differences and our similarities.

Great post! AI and machine learning aren't going away and as computation power increases I can see more and more music/audio software developers incorporating this technology into their plugins, for multiple purposes (Audio processing, Composition, mixing etc). I think as composers and producers we should be embracing this technology and viewing it as a tool to save time where appropriate. I think composers will always be relevant, and AI models still rely on datasets to train them and therefore be restricted by this. I guess a question from an ego perspective is are we worried as composers/producers to use this technology incase it's better than us?

Yes, composers will still be relevant, those who are at the top of their game. They will benefit the most from this development as it will be an even bigger badge of honor to have a well-known "human" composer on board for any project (perhaps with a real orchestra too) while AI music will be for quick, run-of-the-mill stuff, prototyping, indie games, etc, anywhere where cost needs to be kept down. It'll be "that cheap AI stuff". The need for generic human-created music will significantly decrease. Though some clever people will also figure out how to make a killing with their royalty-free AI-generated music, developing signature algorithms they'll probably even trademark. I better stop...

So true! I think that it would totally change the dynamic of the composing industry for games and film, especially orchestral composing. I wonder if the music would be mixed? Really, that spark of human inspiration would be missing, so I bet the price would drop and many indie films and games would switch to AI-created music, but big-budget films, TV, and games would still use music that is created by real people.

Of course they are relevant. 4’33”: could an AI have come up with the arguments fir that piece? An AI will develop a piece based upon aesthetics that it has been told are good for thus emotion or that... but what about an original idea which is the antithesis of what is expected??