Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming one of the biggest issues in music.
We’ve see AI pop up everywhere and in everything lately.
There is worry that new technology would eventually replace songwriters and result in music written by computers.
Another major issue with AI is that it can now create deepfake images and videos, vocal clones of artists’ voices and more.
Lainey Wilson appeared before a House Judiciary Subcommittee field hearing in Los Angeles titled Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part II – Identity in the Age of AI.
Lainey spoke about the experience artists face of having their voice taken from them by AI.
“I am a recording artist, a songwriter, an entertainer. I use my music and my voice to tell stories to connect to my fans, and to help them connect to each other.
My art is uniquely and literally me. My name, my likeness, my voice.
I do not have to tell you how much of a gut punch it is to have your name, your likeness, or your voice ripped from you and used in ways that you could never imagine or would never allow. It is wrong, plain and simple.”
“Many creators have already seen their life’s work and their own voices and images thoughtlessly ingested into AI models without their permission. Our identities represent years of work to hone our craft and make a livelihood out of our passion.
Our voices and likenesses are indelible parts of us that have enabled us to showcase our talents and grow our audiences, not mere digital kibble for a machine to duplicate without consent.
AI tools are purposefully being made to take a lifetime of specific artists’ voices and likenesses in a split second.
Some creators are ok with AI platforms using their voices and likenesses, and some are not. The important thing is that it should be their choice, and not a choice that an AI company gets to make for them. AI generated music and video using an artist’s unique identity to perform in questionable settings, or to sing lyrics that they would never write or express, that does not truly reflect who they are, is unacceptable.
It is a personal violation that threatens a person’s dignity and can put at risk everything that they have worked so hard to accomplish.”
Photo: Screenshot of House Judiciary GOP video
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