The Future of Music
When AI Hits the High Note (and Keeps the Royalties)
This week I’m exploring implications of the United States’ Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence. This wordy document fails to succinctly express or vividly imagine its implications, so I’m using a GPT I designed to help surface insights that I can develop into tangible artifacts. (scroll to the bottom for a link to my GPT)
Today (which is a few years into the future for you), we're diving into the oh-so-exciting world of paperwork. But wait, before you snooze, let me tell you why this particular collection of paper - the "AI Music Composition and Rights Management Ledger" for AI-generated tunes - is the hottest ticket in Tunesville.
So, what's the big deal about this ledger, you ask? Well, in this AI-fueled timeline, it's not just about who plays the guitar faster or who hits the high notes. It's about who (or what) is behind those beats. This ledger is where art meets artificial intelligence and where Beethoven meets binary.
First off, this isn't your grandma's music sheet. It’s a meticulous record of every beep, bop, and digital drop, made by our silicon friends. Think of it as a birth certificate, but for music. It lists everything from the date of the AI's musical brainwave to the human who awkwardly stood by, probably sipping coffee and occasionally pressing 'enter'.
In the old days, if you hummed a tune, it was yours. Now, if an AI hums it, who does it belong to? This ledger answers that with the grace of a lawyer at a disco – detailed, slightly awkward, but absolutely necessary.
But wait, there's more. It’s not just about who owns what. It’s a manifesto of ethical AI use in music. Because let’s face it, nobody wants their hit single to be a poster child for AI discrimination or bias. This ledger keeps things on the straight and narrow, ensuring that our AI Mozart doesn’t go rogue.
And just when you think it can’t get any more bureaucratic, there’s a section for updates and amendments. Because, obviously, AI is as stable as a toddler on a sugar rush – always changing, always evolving.
Now, let’s not forget the appendices. Yes, there’s more. It’s like the credits at the end of a movie, but for legal buffs and AI geeks. It's where the real magic of compliance and regulation happens, tucked away neatly like a bedtime story for future lawyers.
So, there you have it. In our AI-enhanced musical future, this ledger isn’t just a document. It's a symbol of our times: a harmonious (and legally sound) duet between human creativity and artificial intelligence. Now, go forth and compose, but don't forget to log it!
Due to the limits of Gen AI to create entirely new combinations of sounds, I heard reports coming out that some outputs were eerily similar to each other. Copyright infringement law gets triggered and the move to litigation has seen some uptick. AI legal bots, tasked with representing, defending and holding court over the procedures have gone a long way in automating tasks, examining relevant legal precedent, etc. in the arena of music copyright law, these AI bots are changing the game on mathematizing how similar or different songs are. Ed Sheeran and others are playing a key role (and inve$ting) in the development of this tech