There is lots of anxiety surrounding artificial intelligence – will it eliminate jobs putting people out of work, replace live relationships or even make hit music.  Streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify can’t keep up with the fake music that is being uploaded from content farms.  And consumers like my music business students who have been interviewed only get AI right about 50% of the time when they hear a real and fake song in comparison.

No need for AI to scare anyone.  The industrial revolution caused panic among workers but when the dust settled new jobs were created in other industries.

Mayo Clinic doctors now use AI to record conversations with patients allowing them to see more of them.  And they’re doing trials on an AI-led system that identifies pancreatic cancer three years before the symptoms show up.

As I told my students many of whom are recording artists or musicians, don’t let AI scare you – be authentic and one thing AI cannot do is know what you are going to do next – it can guess, but only you know.

David Bowie said “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.”

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