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The future is almost here, and it could mean big changes for how we create music, too.

If you’ve heard anything about AI, it’s probably related to its ability to create text, for example as a chatbot. But did you know that there are AIs that can express themselves in other ways, such as creating music?

One of them is called MusicML and was developed by Google. You can simply describe to it in words what you’d want it to compose, and it’ll spits out its version of that.

This is quite amazing on a conceptual level if you think about it - you don’t have to be able to play an instrument, you don’t even need to understand music theory. And yet, you can become a musician.

Do you find that thought upsetting? Do you think it should be harder to create something, or else all things we create lack value?

Maybe so - which is a general debate we should all have, because like it or not: AI is coming in hot. But we think there is something heartwarming about allowing anyone to create beauty - especially if it’s music.

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