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Grammys to AI: You Can Play, But You Can't Win!
the Recording Academy said, “Robots be damned!”
Chris Egan
June 23, 2023
New rules were announced this week for the Grammy Awards and when it comes to AI-Generated music, the Recording Academy said, “Robots be damned!”
In short, what they actually said was, “Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a Grammy Award,”
Here is the full section covering Generative AI from the “66th Annual Grammy Award Rules and Guidelines”:
GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any Categories. A work that features elements of A.I. material (i.e., material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology) is eligible in applicable Categories; however: (1) the human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful and more than de minimis; (2) such human authorship component must be relevant to the Category in which such work is entered (e.g., if the work is submitted in a songwriting Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the music and/or lyrics; if the work is submitted in a performance Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the performance); and (3) the author(s) of any A.I. material incorporated into the work are not eligible to be nominees or GRAMMY recipients insofar as their contribution to the portion of the work that consists of such A.I material is concerned. De minimis is defined as lacking significance or importance; so minor as to merit disregard.
This seems like a level-headed, reasonable approach. They didn’t go for an outright ban, because well, that would have been stupid. They didn’t open the floodgates and allow fully AI-Generated music, which would have been well, equally stupid. The rules are clear and they allow enough space for artists to experiment and use AI to push some boundaries.
I’m happy. What do you think?
🔶 Random Links Other Important Things Happening in AI and Music
Hit or Miss? AI and Brain Waves Tune into Future Hit Songs with 97% Accuracy (Neuroscience News Article)
Almost three-quarters of producers think that AI music generators could replace them in the future (Music Radar article)
Should we use AI to bring musicians back from the dead? (Dazed Digital Article)
Paul McCartney Clarifies AI Use in ‘New’ Beatles Song: ‘Nothing Has Been Artificially Created’ (Variety Article)
AI Music Platform that Streams Fake Drake Tracks Raises $20M (MBW Article)
AI is changing music industry, creating music, virtual celebrities (Korea JoongGang Daily Article)
🔶 Something to make you think
Will AI-Generated Music increase the perceived value of live human performances?
— Chris Egan (@TheChrisEgan)
Jun 22, 2023
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