So far only a non-human has offered any predictions. Let me be the first to change that.

In 5 yrs, I think it’s quite plausible for

1. The “stem separation problem” to be solved for all but the most discerning/exacting musicians. AI should be able to separate the 2 stems in piano pieces for 4 hands. It’s just a matter of sufficient training data.

2. BiaB’s overall feel and capability will be noticeably improved.

3. BiaB will face formidable competition in its business space but will maintain it’s place at the top.

4. Affordable AI delivered music instruction will begin to threaten music instructors up and down the educational ladder and it will sense where the student needs to focus. The current annual cost (without financial aid) at the the University of Chicago will set you back more than $80,000. AI augmented music programs will significantly slash this cost.

5. AI-enhanced hearing aids will allow musicians and others to make adjustments in real-time. “Alexa, I can barely hear the upper register of the string section, fix it without altering anything else.”

6. AI-enhanced DAWS will do a surprisingly good job at mixing multi-track songs with little or no human input. This technology will also creep into the mixing engineer’s toolbox at live music events.

7. Music creation software will be able to build near radio-ready, high quality complete songs (including vocals) across a variety of genres from simple text prompts. The general public will be none the wiser, nor care about the origin of such music.

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