The discussion surrounding artificial intelligence within the music industry continues to rage on. It's clear that artists are split as to whether the new technology adds anything of value or reduces the creative process.
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During a recent interview on 107.7 The Bone, Eric Kretz, the drummer for the Stone Temple Pilots, shared his stance on AI within the music scene.
"Yeah, it's tough," Kretz said, via Blabbermouth. "It's horrible for the creative process, but it aids in so many other areas — in the medicine world. And it's so new with us because it's so much smarter and quicker than hiring teams of people to do stuff. Yeah, I don't know. It's still so new. We're trying to figure it out. And I hate it as far as an aid for songwriting. I mean, that's just disgusting."
Of course, the music industry isn't the only one that's feeling the weight that has come with the rise of AI. Every industry that is having very similar discourse surrounding the uses of the technology.
Unfortunately, with the speed at which AI is evolving, the best course of action we have is to become experts in how to extract its value.
Eric Kretz Can See the Movie Industry Having Similar Problems With AI
As the interview continued, Kretz shared his belief that the movie industry is another creative field grappling with the impact of AI.
"What's gonna happen with movies coming up? 'Cause now they can make movies within a couple of months with A.I. And I know the Hollywood film actors guild [Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists], they're really fighting how to control A.I."
Kretz continued by predicting that in the near future, we could be watching movies with AI protagonists, and that human's could develop an affinity for those avatars.
"You're gonna see A.I. movies with characters, and when people start falling in love with those characters that are completely A.I. generated, that's when it's gonna be weird, because then people aren't gonna know how to disassociate themselves with what A.I. can do."
There's no doubt that we're living in scary times. The bigger question is how we navigate them without costing people their jobs, and without reducing the beauty of creativity.
