Apparently, inputting a prompt into a computer and selling the product constitutes someone as an artist. Artificial intelligence songs are flooding Spotify charts, knocking out human-produced songs. AI is consuming the musical world; lamentably, that lyrical automation is succeeding.
Last year, the top 10 AI “artists” accumulated over $500,000 on Spotify. Their average monthly listeners ranged from 80,000 to almost 300,000, and these 10 do not even scratch the surface. There are many more AI “musicians” on Spotify and other platforms not mentioned. Many of these AI slop composers are robbing real artists of opportunities.
Telisha “Nikki” Jones, an R&B artist, uses AI-generated vocals and images in her music production. She also created an AI persona called Xania Monet using the artificial intelligence start-up Suno. With the help of AI, Jones signed on to receive a $3 million record deal with Hallwood Media. Hallwood Media gave a multimillion-dollar contract to an AI, a contract that could have been given to a composer of flesh and blood. But instead, they gave the deal to someone who just owns a software program.
The music AI “artists” make does not belong to them, nor does the music belong to the database of artists artificial intelligence uses. The music the “artists” produce belongs to the composers the AI steals from. AI cannot just compose lyrics on a whim. It scans rhythms and tones of different genres, analyzing the words of creators. It takes what it learns and applies that to produce any song the user demands. The users do not have the capacity to create real art; AI takes that ability away.
Using AI models, such as ChatGPT, lowers brain activity. It trains the users to rely on a computer, lowering cognitive processing, making them lazier and diminishing their creativity.
An experiment was performed where two groups were given the same task: to invent a toy using different objects. One group was able to use artificial intelligence while the other was prohibited. The AI users produced similar toys. The non-AI users, on the other hand, designed an array of toys. Each is more novel than the last. AI chips away at the brain; with each use, it redacts any formative idea.
AI “artists” are stealing opportunities and hindering their ingenuity. Artificial intelligence is an affliction on musical society, both the users and AI haters, taking opportunities from real artists while hurting those who do use it. It kills the mind and the soul of sound, turning music into robotic noise. Stop using artificial intelligence to create what is already hidden inside the artist’s head.
