2024 May 12
The song Despair demonstrates what a large group of human artists can accomplish: writing the music and lyrics, recording it, and mixing and mastering it in high-definition stereo and Dolby Atmos.
My earlier article about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in everything from music to images, video, voiceover, and writing received an incredible amount of hate messages.
Specific to music, the polite way of saying what the common thread in the feedback was: “AI music is not real.”
But here are the ongoing questions:
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- What is real music?
- Is the result of an AI song a good song?
Is AI “Real Music?” Part 2
While the recording quality of AI-generated songs may not match the standards we set with Despair; for the average listener in a less-than-perfect environment, the emotional impact remains intact. This is especially true for those who have grown accustomed to or have never experienced anything beyond MP3 or similar music formats.
But what about the compositions? The quality of the writing? The human emotion? The storytelling?
In the video below: one of these classical song excerpts was written and performed by a human orchestra, and the other was written and performed by an AI in less than 60 seconds.
Is it good enough for an average listener in an imperfect environment?
Can you tell which one is AI and which one is human?
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