Australian screen composers warn against AI-generated soundtracks
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 01:15 · Archive
Australian screen composers are calling for licensing protections as AI increasingly generates soundtracks from internet music.
Australia's screen composers are warning against the growing use of artificial intelligence to generate soundtracks, comparing it to a non-stop diet of fast food. The concerns were raised at industry awards at Brisbane's Fortitude Music Hall, where composers Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley won all four categories in which they were nominated for their work on the ABC children's animated series Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Hogan, who is on the board of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, wants to see a licensing regime for music that has already been taken to train AI systems, as well as for content used in the future. Composers should be paid each time their tracks are used by AI models to generate music, he argues.
'We have the possibility of everyone eating McDonald's all the time, do we want that as a culture?' Hogan said. 'When we make art, when we make stories, do we want everyone just to be eating McDonald's?' AI soundtracks are typically generated from the mass 'slurping' of human-made music from the internet without permission in order to train systems using large amounts of data. Hogan states there is broad agreement on what needs to happen to retain the value of composition as a profession.
How it is being reported
- Consuming AI art compared with 'eating McDonald's'Australia's screen composers are warning against the creeping use of AI to generate soundtracks, likening the trend to a non-stop diet of fast food.The West Australian · 29 Oct, 00:59
- Consuming AI art compared with 'eating McDonald's'Australia's screen composers are warning against the creeping use of AI to generate soundtracks, likening the trend to a non-stop diet of fast food.Perth Now · 29 Oct, 00:59
In this story: Josh Hogan · Ned Beckley · Australian Guild of Screen Composers · ABC · Brisbane · Australia
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