Technology should help us be creative. AI robs us of creativity | Dave Schilling

Technology should help us be creative. AI robs us of creativity | Dave Schilling

By Dave Schilling
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 11:00:00

MLearning music is hard. Well, at least it used to be that way. I remember the old days when you had to spend hours honing your skills, coming up with something clever or personal, and then actually recording sounds that people wanted to hear. But that is in the past. In our bright future, a preadolescent child can throw a bunch of words into a machine and out pop a catchy tune. In 2025, a robot can be a pop star. (Although Data from Star Trek actually released an album in the ’90s. How quickly we all forget that.)

Three AI-generated songs recently topped Spotify’s Viral 50 charts. One of the “creators” responsible for these songs, Broken Veteran, who released a track about immigration policy, told the Guardian that AI is “just another means of expression, particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but don’t have traditional musical training.” It used to be that if you didn’t know how to do something, you wouldn’t do it.

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