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Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on music and AI.
The Beats by Dre pair spoke to the New York Times briefly, with former Interscope head Iovine saying AI companies have terrible communication skills but that “I’m very pro-A.I. in music creation. I don’t see the downside at all. There will be some crappy music. There’s crappy music now.”
TL;DR
- Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are pro-AI in music creation.
- Iovine stated AI companies have poor communication skills but he doesn't see any downside to AI in music.
- Iovine acknowledged that AI might produce some poor music, but noted that poor music already exists.
- Dre compared resistance to AI in music to opposition against drum machines or synthesizers.
- Dre believes only those with creative difficulties see AI as a threat.