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People + AI + Music + Business As more and more artists begin to utilize AI to boost their music creation, there are some important implications for musicians and music business. Is AI a threat to musicians? The capabilities of AI create tension among the musicians and producers communities, who first view it as a threat to their jobs. The argument from the AI-music startups is that AI is a creative tool that frees musicians up to make more/better art. Although AI can outperform humans in areas such as video backing music or soundtracks to help you sleep, it is not capable of generating great original music without human input. “Currently, the best AI music is just listenable, albeit usually with human input when it’s being created.” - Music Ally How should AI assist musicians? Similar to the levels of self-driving cars, we can level AI music from level 0 to 4. It is often up to the musicians what level of assistance they want from AI. Level 0 : artists create music without any assistance from AI : artists create music without any assistance from AI Level 1 : artists use AI for sound processing but not composition : artists use AI for sound processing but not composition Level 2 : artists use AI to assist them compose music : artists use AI to assist them compose music Level 3 : the music is created by AI but performed by a human : the music is created by AI but performed by a human Level 4: the music is created and performed by AI “Will AI assist the musician or is it going to be the musician? The answer appears to be both.” - Entrepreneur Magazine What are the business models for AI + music? Outside of research, there are several common business models for AI music applications: A soundtrack composer for small and medium-sized enterprises or consumers (video and game creators, social media users) A compositional tool sold to musicians and producers Hardware or software that helps music enthusiasts learn music Services that distribute and promote music Amper Score™ enables enterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Licenses and copyrights for AI-composed music? If an AI model is trained on the entire backlog of an artist. Would that artist have any claim on songs that come out of that AI and the revenues generated by those songs? At the same time, would AI-composed music be protected by copyright laws even if they are based on music pieces of other artists?