LESSON 6 · Music Through the Ages
AI is already reshaping music creation at every level:
- AI composition tools like AIVA and Amper can generate full songs in seconds, from melody to arrangement
- AI mastering services like LANDR process tracks automatically, replacing expensive studio engineers for many independent artists
- Voice cloning technology can reproduce any singer's voice from minutes of training data, raising serious ethical and legal questions
- Recommendation algorithms shape what hundreds of millions of people hear, effectively acting as the world's most powerful radio programmers
The fundamental question is whether AI will be a tool that empowers artists or a replacement that makes them obsolete.