Is AI going to kill Hifi?

How many times have we seen movies written one hundred years ago become reality, when it comes to predicting the future thought to be science fiction then. IMHO, AI will be the end of mankind as we know it. It will become Autonomous which eventually will be the end of us. As far as Hi-Fi goes, there will be no one left to listen.

Al in music

In the late 60s with the Moog synthesiser bursting on the scene, record companies went bonkers and released “computer music“ (electronic music) in the 70s.

The idea was that computers actually composed the music on these records. A gimmick that lasted a short time as it was of novelty value and complete rubbish. I strongly believe it was a publicity stunt and humans were involved.

With the proposition that AI will write music it would have to have feelings and a soul first or it will go the way of computer music

Feel free to label me a socialist or freeloader (I’m neither — though I’m a big fan of *effective* regulation), but if AI is as remotely as powerful and successful (and disruptive) as predicted, not only the concept, but the implementation of a decent Universal Basic Income is going to be damned necessary. The alternative, should unbalanced wealth distribution continue, will be societal unrest… and a damn unpleasant time for all. FWIW, this is not political; it is economic.
 

Back to HiFi, I think AI in music could be incredibly positive. Not as far as creating new music, but as a (re)mastering technology. There’s so much music from the 20th century that has less than favorable sound quality (for all sorts of reasons), but imagine if someone conscientiously creates thoughtful, accurate algorithms (itself an art) for musicians (one I always think of is Jimmy Garrison) so that both studio and live performances could be played back as close to what someone physically present would’ve heard and felt. 
 

Imagine if you were in the studio at the time of the recording of Kind of Blue or A Love Supreme and you could walk amongst the musicians. I think AI could do a convincing job of emulating that. 

Only time will tell.....

They just need to be sure to teach it Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"...

Or have a good "off" switch available.