If you’ve not been living under a rock these past few years, you’ll have heard an awful lot about AI. Chances are you might have picked up on some of the unease it’s causing in the music industry.
The ability AI has in mimicking human voices is uncanny. There have been reports of calls to parents from highly convincing fake children asking for money after car accidents, for instance. The implications for this in music are obvious, and a few high-profile examples have hit the headlines recently. A few weeks ago, AI designer Roberto Nickson unveiled a Kanye West soundalike, and this week it’s been Drake’s turn (again.) “This is the final straw, AI,” he said, after a previous example was posted by a fan.
