I read the news today... oh boy.

It was an article on the PRS website magazine that got me thinking.

https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/ai-and-creators-rights-what-does-the-future-look-like

(PRS isn't Paul Reed Smith, its PRS for Music; a professional U.K. organization.. Performing Right Society... pays copyrights, royalties, licensing etc if you didn't already know.)

This article isn't about using AI to separate a vocal or guitar or something from a soundtrack, but about AI written songs.. AI composed music. A different kettle of fish so to speak. The interesting statements in the article... (so you don't have to read the article if you don't care to)... that got me thinking were

Quote:
A recent survey of its users by distribution company Ditto showed that almost 60% of the 1,200 musicians asked already use AI within their music projects, while 47.1% say they would use AI for their songwriting in the future. Only 28.5% of artists said they would never use AI.

That reflects a growing school of thought that artificial intelligence tools could be more of a help to songwriters than a hindrance.


and

Quote:
‘Musicians, by our very nature, are really quick at responding to things and being creative with what we have available to us,’ she says. ‘There’s always a reaction when you first see something new, but I’d like to think musicians are going to embrace it and drive the power behind this.’




Here on this board, it appears that many people use electronic/computer means, tools and whatnot for music creation.. composing. I don't know anything about Scaler, Reaper, DAWs and midi and the rest. (Some of them I don't even know what they do, just names I've seen here and elsewhere.)

I personally have no use for AI-generated anything and consequently I don't know anything about it and no real opinion one way or the other. But then I also have no use for most of the guitar effects pedals a lot of people use regularly and have been for a long time.

AI composing is here, you can use it right now today, and it is getting used. It appears to have a use and place in the creative process but I can't figure out what that might or could be.

I'm really curious and so I'm asking:

Given your use/knowledge of various computer tools for composing ...

What do you think of this AI created/generated music? Specifically, does it have a place, is it or could it be useful in some way?

Is is something you will or would or could use? If so, how?

If you use it now, how do you use it?

Or are you like me with no use whatsoever for AI generated anything?