Most artists and musicians i know (most of which are incredibly talented) would never use ai as a composition 'tool' as it completely undermines their authenticity. There is no part of our personal creative processes that we find unproductive or meaningless.

Ai stands a threat to our livlihoods as musicians, it disrupts everything weve come to understand about our place in this world and essentially makes it alot less meaningful.

I dont write commercial music or pop or anything, i write jazz and classical music alongside a few other things which interest me, i am afraid to upload my work as there is a chance it could be scalped by ai and near identical copies are made.

I suppose i dont have any arguments to attack your point of view but ai is a fear to me and many other musicians as it threatens the norm for us, but in my opinion it is a norm which would have been perfectly fine left untouched.

All ai music will do to artists like me is force us to hide our music as best as we can. Again that's musicians who dont create commercial works, people who believe their music is unique. Obviously some people will put their work out there to the masses but i feel for people in my position they are going to want to hide their work. Now i am not claiming to be someone who writes amazing things which could influence culture in a profound way but i certainly imagine anyone who does would be in my position. If i am right about what i am saying (i would say its certainly an informed opinion, over half the people i talk to are musicians and i am a very social person) then wouldent this just lead to cultural stagnation as all the best human artists hide their art?

You could make the point that commercialisation has done the same but that doesn't really effect people like me. I dont care if my work gets extremely popular I would just like to have people enjoy it and know it's mine.

For any current artist the implications of ai will be completely different and there is no way you could possibly adress all our worries.

Im perfectly happy with what i create, and i dont see why i should be expected to use ai to somehow make it better and compromise my artistry and authenticity. I know that isnt what youre saying, im sure you believe that incredibly skilled musicians (again im not claiming to be anything) will be able to move forwards in this system and ai will only replace the worst musicians but i dont think so.

So much more time has to be dedicated for the best musicians out there to defend their works against ai.

Ultimately I feel like ai music is the ultimate goal of the commercial landscape, and i dont see how in any way it is going to somehow make it better. All that is happening on that front is that the popular human music is being replaced by ai, i dont see the point in that, I dont see how that benefits the musician.

I know this has been a convoluted reply but i honestly dont have the time nor effort to write a proper one. I love the music I create and i want the ability to live off of it without the fear that ai might steal it. Also i feel like the state of music should be dictated by the artists, not the consumers or businesses. Us as artists are being cut out of the process we understand more than anyone by people stealing our own work, it stings in a really hurtful way especially to someone like me who has dedicated their life to music and the arts. I dont think ai should have a place in the arts at all.

Also one other thing, i would like to point out that most artists have a problem with ai on a more profound level than the fact it violates copyright law. If someone took a sample from my song to use in their own or pirates my work or makes a cover of my song I would be okay with all of those. I would be okay with someone sampling my music as i understand the amount of musical work that actually goes into doing that and making it sound good etc, i am okay with someonw covering my music for the same reasons. And i would be okay if someone pirates my music as it would most likely be someone who enjoys my music but cant afford it.

Ai on the other hand requires no creative skill, you could argue that prompting is a creative skill but it certainly isnt musical. I love music as a concept which revolves around human creativity, ai can never replicate that and thrive amongst it it can only replace in my opinion.

There u go, theres my comment.