The History and Future of AI in Music
The biggest tech story of recent years has been the rise of artificial intelligence\u2026the subject of ai is everywhere\u2026 it\u2019s been \u201cAI this\u201d and \u201cAI that\u201d\u2026\nThe Wikipedia article on ChatGPT, the company that really got things rolling in this area, was the most popular Wikipedia article in all of 2023\u202650 million visits\u2026\nThat made it more popular than even Christian Ronaldo, the world\u2019s most famous athlete\u2026that\u2019s more than \u201cBarbie\u201d or \u201cOppenheimer\u201d put together\u2026\nThis tech is being adopted everywhere, mostly for good\u2026just look at the medical field\u2026.\nAi is being used to sort through chains of molecules to come up with the next generation of breakthrough drugs, including those that will work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the misfolded proteins behind Alzheimer\u2019s\u2026ai is being trained to quickly find things in scans and x-rays that a human technician might miss\u2026\nAI can be used to make better decisions in real time\u2026for example, it can learn traffic and pedestrian patterns and synchronize lights for more efficient movement of everyone\u2026\nAI should even have an impact on fighting climate change by creating better models\u2026and when it comes to world hunger, ai can analyze zillions of data points to help determine what crops, seeds, fertilizers, soil, and so on for maximum efficiency in any area of the world\u2026\nAI is growing at an exponential rate\u2026it\u2019s predicted that the industry will grow by 250% over the next five years\u2026 by 2031, the market for generative ai will be at least one trillion U.S. dollars\u2026\nBut yes, AI can also be used for evil\u2026deep fakes and fake news, copyright infringement and forgery, cybersecurity breaches, manipulation of financial markets\u2026 AI is inevitably going to replace humans in a lot of different jobs\u2026there\u2019s a lot to be concerned about\u2026\nIf you\u2019re listening to me, you\u2019ve probably wondered about artificial intelligence and music\u2026that\u2019s good because there\u2019s going to be an impact\u2026best we know where this intersection of music and tech came from so that we can maybe figure out where it\u2019s going\u2026.\nThis is the history and future of AI in music\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices