AI is growing increasingly prevalent in modern music-making, lending its cold, robotic hand to everything from songwriting to sound design to sample generation. Views are divided on whether it represents an existential threat to musicians or a wellspring of new creative possibilities, but if you ask us, it's probably a bit of both.
Whatever you make of AI, its popularity with music-makers continues to rise. Back in April, almost 60% of 1300 artists surveyed by distribution network Ditto admitted that they were using some form of AI-assisted technology in their productions. What that survey didn't tell us, however, is how ashamed of their new writing partner many of these musicians and producers actually were.
