The Weird Ethics of AI-Generated Vocals

<p>A song featuring&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/music/ai-drake-the-weeknd-fake.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd</a>&nbsp;vocals went viral before being taken down by streaming services. A spokesperson for Universal Music Group &mdash; who denounce AI music &mdash; said in a statement to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-responds-to-fake-drake-ai-track-streaming-platforms-have-a-fundamental-responsibility/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Music Business Worldwide</a>, &ldquo;The training of generative AI using our artists&rsquo; music [&hellip;] begs the question as to which side of history all stakeholders in the music ecosystem want to be on:&nbsp;<em>the side of artists, fans and human creative expression, or on the side of deep fakes, fraud and denying artists their due compensation</em>.&rdquo; (Emphasis mine.)</p> <p><a href="https://fortune.com/2023/05/22/ice-cube-says-ai-artificial-intelligence-demonic-sampling-artists-voices-hip-hop-rap/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ice Cube called AI &ldquo;demonic&rdquo;</a>&nbsp;and said it has no place in music.</p> <p><a href="https://restofworld.org/2023/deepfake-pop-songs-stefanie-sun-ai/?ref=justincox.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Stefanie Sun</a>, a famous Singaporean singer who&rsquo;s been on hiatus since 2017 , witnessed her own comeback, but it wasn&rsquo;t actually her: it was her AI clone. After watching songs featuring her AI-generated vocals become more popular than her previous songs, she said that no human artist could compete with AI. &ldquo;How do you fight with someone who is putting out new albums in the time span of minutes?&rdquo;</p> <p>Paul McCartney resurrected his former bandmate&rsquo;s voice, as AI has made it possible to create one last Beatles record using the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759296/the-beatles-now-and-then-restoration-ai-paul-mccartney-john-lennon" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">now-deceased John Lennon&rsquo;s vocals</a>. An article from&nbsp;<em>The Verge</em>&nbsp;wrote, &ldquo;Although excited at the possibility of using AI to restore old recordings, McCartney said that it&rsquo;s &lsquo;kind of scary&rsquo; to hear John Lennon&rsquo;s voice singing one of his songs.&rdquo;</p> <p>One of the most interesting cases is that of Claire Boucher, who many know by the name of her music project: Grimes. Far more than being just one of Elon Musk&rsquo;s baby-mama, Claire is the creative who writes, records, and produces music&hellip;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-generator/the-weird-ethics-of-ai-generated-vocals-bd54a827ebcc"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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