October 23, 2023

Lesson 6. Let`s talk about music.

Discussion

AI Music

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2309/230928-spotify-ai-music.html

Homework

Task 1.

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

  1. ChatGPT has been making music for many years. T / F
  2. The boss of Spotify said AI-generated music is the best. T / F
  3. Spotify's boss said auto-tune software helps to make music better. T / F
  4. Spotify's boss disagrees with software that copies singers' voices. T / F
  5. Spotify's boss said people won't talk about AI and music for too long. T / F
  6. The singer Drake made a song with the AI platform Ghostwrite. T / F
  7. Spotify's boss said it's OK to upload a song and pretend to be Madonna. T / F
  8. Spotify's boss said the future of music will be tricky. T / F

Task 2.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

software

whether

copying

less

effects

plans

improves

answered

Artificial intelligence websites such as ChatGPT and Google's Bard are (1) _____________________ than a year old, but they have been asking many questions. One question is (2) _____________________ music and art produced by AI is real music and art. Daniel Ek, the boss of the music streaming site Spotify, has (3) _____________________ this question. He said there are many uses of AI for making music that are OK. He told the BBC that Spotify has no (4) _____________________ to ban all music created by artificial intelligence. This includes the auto-tune (5) _____________________ that helps singers correct their pitch and can add vocal (6) _____________________ to a singer's voice. Mr Ek said auto-tunes (7) _____________________ music. One use of AI Mr Ek did not like was software for mimicking ((8) _____________________) the voice of an artist.