artificial intelligence
and the end of our civilization…
1.
In recent months, Sienna Rose’s name has become familiar to many music fans via streaming platforms. She has millions of monthly listeners and songs such as “Into the Blue,” “Safe With You,” and “Where Your Warmth Begins.” Her songs have also been featured on Spotify’s viral charts. But while her soulful R&B tracks are undeniably catchy, one question in particular is causing quite a stir: Is Sienna Rose human—or an AI creation?
So much for ChatGPT. Of course, it would be amusing to have an AI write about a potential AI. But let’s not go there.
2.
First, a clarification. What most of us call “artificial intelligence” are actually language models that scour the internet and reproduce words with a certain degree of probability that are likely to be correct. Therefore, the style and entire text are a combination of existing internet posts. Additionally, there are models programmed for music, images, and films. These models do not create new scenes but rather synthesize familiar voices, chords, and notes. Given the way such models work, a style—let alone a personal one—is not possible. It is a cybernetic model of feedback. However, since the human ear and mass taste are trained to recognize the familiar, AI-generated “creations” have a high probability of success.
3.
Regardless of who or what Sienna Rose is, AI-generated music consists of chords that the AI has been trained on. It has to learn before it can do anything, and as before, it is not creative; rather, it calculates probabilities. Rick Beato calls it outright theft, and, in a sense, it falls under intellectual property theft. ChatGPT writes:
“AI models are trained with existing music.”
The open question is whether the original artists were fairly compensated for this.
If an AI is trained in the style of thousands of R&B singers, who owns the result?
Additionally, AI-produced art does not contribute anything new to creativity. We are merely repeating what is already known.”
And that is where civilization ends. Not through AI agents, though.
P.S.
We initially considered using AI to generate the text. There are plenty of models available. Then we considered a mixture of the two. But then we decided it wasn’t funny. Writing is also faster than formulating prompts.