Can AI-Generated Songs Win Grammy Awards? Answer: Yes, no, maybe. depends on. Recording Academy’s No. 1: “We’ll do a case by case evaluation”.
CEO of Recording AcademyHarvey Mason Jr. said this week that although the organization would consider music with limited produced vocals or instruments‘artificial intelligence For award recognition, it will only award songs written and performed “primarily by a human being”. In the future, it may become increasingly difficult to distinguish between content generated entirely by AI and content where AI has only been a tool for expressing human creativity.
“Right now, we’ll allow content and AI generated music But Grammy Awards will only be given to human artists and producers who have made creative contributions in the appropriate categories, Mason said in an interview with Grammy.com. “If there is an AI-generated voice singing a song, or some AI-generated instrument playing, we will carefully evaluate each case and consider these nominations,” he said. “But in a category where we reward songwriting, it’s clear that the song must have been primarily written by a human. And it’s clear that if vocal performance is to be honored, we can’t use artificially generated voices.” Will not be able to award any award to a song sung entirely by
In short, Mason Jr.’s comments clearly rule out more extreme cases like fake lyrics. Drake/The Weeknd, Heart on My SleeveWhich became very popular earlier this year, before Spotify and Apple Music pulled it down following copyright infringement claims.
Meanwhile, many artists have embraced the use of artificial intelligence, bringing the discourse into more murky territory, where it is difficult to make a clear decision. And maybe it’s not only difficult, it’s also inappropriate. Paul McCartney has said that a new brand of Gods will be released soon. the beatles, which was also created for the possibility of using machine learning-based software to recover John Lennon’s voice from an old recording that had never been used before. Meanwhile, Holly Herndon used an AI-generated version of her voice to cover Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. In both cases, the AI is a tool, but the presence of the human touch is undeniable.
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