AI Music: The Infinite Jukebox

In this episode of Tech Tonic, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney explores the impact of AI on the music industry, starting with his own experiments using AI music generators. He interviews musician Holly Herndon, who creates her own AI models, and Tom Furse from The Horrors, who uses AI to generate samples. The episode further delves into the potential threats AI poses to musicians, featuring Ed Newton-Rex, who views AI music as an existential threat due to copyright infringement and job displacement. The discussion includes Dan Tarbuck from Bleach Music, who shares concerns about AI's potential takeover of library music and the legal disputes surrounding the use of copyrighted material in training AI models.