It has become almost impossible for people to distinguish the music created artificial intelligence and what is created by people, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Polling company Ipsos asked 9,000 people to listen to two clips of music created by artificial intelligence and one clip created by humans in a survey conducted for French streaming platform Deezer.
“Ninety-seven percent were unable to distinguish music created entirely by artificial intelligence from music created by humans,” Deezer said in a statement.
The survey was conducted from October 6 to 10 in eight countries: Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.
According to Dieser, more than half of respondents felt uncomfortable because they could not tell the difference.
Social scientists also asked broader questions about the impact of AI, with 51 percent saying the technology would lead to more low-quality music on streaming platforms and nearly two-thirds believing it would lead to a loss of creativity.
“The survey results clearly show that people care about music and want to know whether they listen to tracks created by artificial intelligence or people or not,” Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a statement.
Deezer said its platform has not only seen a surge in AI-generated content, but is also attracting listeners.
In January, one in ten tracks streamed each day was entirely created by artificial intelligence. Ten months later, that percentage has risen to more than one in three, or nearly 40,000 a day.
Eighty percent of survey respondents wanted music created entirely by artificial intelligence to be clearly labeled for listeners.
Deezer is the only major music streaming platform that systematically labels 100% AI-generated content for users.
The issue came to prominence in June when a group called The Velvet Sundown suddenly went viral on Spotify and only confirmed the following month that it was, in fact, AI-generated content.
AI's most popular song has been streamed more than three million times.
In response, Spotify said it would encourage artists and publishers to sign a voluntary industry code to disclose information about the use of artificial intelligence in music production.
