How Creators Are Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence | 2023 ASCAP AI Symposium

While AI has been part of music creation for years, the recent proliferation of AI tools has raised both exciting new possibilities and difficult questions for creators. In this panel featuring innovators at the intersection of music and AI, you’ll learn how songwriters and composers are incorporating AI tools to amplify creativity, enhance business processes and grow their careers. This conversation is for anyone curious - or concerned - about how to thrive alongside AI.

PANELISTS
-Maya Ackerman, CEO/Co-founder | WaveAI
-Douglas Geers, Educator, Composer & Electronic Instrument Creator
-Derrick Skye, Composer/Performer
-MODERATOR: Emily White, Entrepreneur & Author | Collective Entertainment

0:00 Title cards
0:16 Introduction by Nicholas Lehman, ASCAP EVP, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer
1:34 Moderator Emily White explains the panel
2:34 Panelists introduce themselves
3:39 What does AI mean to you?
4:56 The first time I used AI
7:23 How Derrick uses AI in his creative process
11:23 AI as “Noah’s ark” for music: can we use AI to save traditions that would otherwise disappear?
13:07 Maya explains why she believes in AI that supports and elevates human creativity
17:33 Designing an AI music tool that incorporates flexibility and freedom for users
18:56 How Doug approaches AI in the classroom: “finding the fun”
20:10 Advice for composers just getting started with AI tools: “make it personal”
22:46 How AI can inspire you to go deeper into your creative self
24:10 Trial and error is all part of the process of using AI
26:06 We’ve barely started with how AI will impact music
28:31 What music & AI tools do you want that don’t currently exist?
33:06 How are you navigating copyright with respect to AI?
34:10 How generative AI will impact the way that music is monetized
36:35 AI is not inherently imitative. It’s a business decision to design tools that imitate.
38:01 How does consent come into play with AI?
40:04 What can the music business learn about AI from other creative fields?
41:46 Does AI foster or hinder dialogue across cultures?
45:50 Transparency: it can be hard to tell if music was created by a person or AI
46:27 AI as an aid to human expression, rather than a replacement for it
48:30 Audience question: can AI help with royalty accounting or scaling a business?
54:17 How can AI help a songwriter who wants to preserve the richness of their process?

TOOLS MENTIONED BY THE PANELISTS

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[jodyswift]

you needed some examples and demonstration

[MarianDorsey]

I loved this video, . I'm venturing into AI naturally. So listening made me feel real good. I need the help🎉 so I would love all my videos AI 💞

[jayamidi]

I was very excited to get insight into AI & music - and the whole panel was devoid of useful meaning. NOT a single example....talk, talk, talk ....dancing about architecture.