By embracing AI, would-be skeptics can help to ensure the burgeoning technology is used for good, rather than leaving it to be shaped by ill-intentioned parties. Instead of rejecting new technology, everyone from workers to businesses to amateur creators can learn to use these tools to make their lives easier or open up new creative avenues. Herndon's usage of AI shows a way forward for not just artists but also the rest of us. The works created using Holly+ are essentially vocal deepfakes sanctioned and encouraged by Herndon. Last year, Herndon launched a project called Holly+, a tool that enables other artists to make music using an AI-generated likeness of her voice.

'I think the best way forward is for artists to lean into developments with machine learning,' she said, suggesting that they 'think of ways to conditionally invite others to experiment with them.' These technologies are here to stay, she told me recently, and we might as well learn how to live with them. Other experiments with replacing illustrators and writers have caused similar handwringing.ĭespite this widespread apprehension, Holly Herndon - an experimental musician and artist - doesn't think AI is nefarious or will ruin art. An AI-generated piece of art recently won first prize in a competition at the Colorado State Fair, leading to an outcry from artists and critics alike. In the world of art, misgivings about AI have been particularly acute. Even small steps toward more sophisticated AI have triggered concerns that robots will take away human jobs or that AI-generated deepfakes will warp our sense of reality.

As artificial intelligence has gotten better, fears about our AI-enabled future have grown.

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