WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REPLACE MUSICIANS IN THE FUTURE? By Roseanna It is easy to worry about the implications Artificial Intelligence may have on the jobs of musicians, but have you ever considered the possibility of it augmenting the music industry, rather than replacing humans? In a time of ever-changing musical culture and trends, Artificial Intelligence and its tools seem to be rising through the music industry. When you hear about ‘AI and music’, it is likely that you think of robots creating and composing music. This understandably comes together with a fearful and critical perception of robots replacing human composers and performers, but is it likely that AI will replace musicians in the future, and which factors could potentially lead to this?
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