With everything artificial intelligence (AI) on the rise, it is no surprise that people are creating AI music. Since the music industry is such a profitable business, there seems to be an outbreak of people attempting to get famous through AI music. Along with that, big corporations are attempting to promote music as well. This leads to the general public being exposed to quite a lot of AI music recently.
Many students at Chamblee have a lot of different perspectives about AI as a whole.
“I think AI is really making the world a worse place,” said Fisher Robb (‘26). “There’s barely any good uses of AI.”
Others seem to have a similar perspective on the usage of AI.
“I think that AI is destructive. It causes us to not think on our own, and maybe some have come to depend on it,” said Olivia Pharr (‘27).
Some students have a more positive outlook on AI.
“[AI is] pretty good. It can be overused,” said Oscar Olivera (‘26). “It’s extremely helpful for mundane tasks, but it shouldn’t be used as a crutch.”
Various AI songs can be found throughout social media and music platforms. A popular example going around right now is the AI song, “We Are Charlie Kirk” by Spalexma, that is trending on social media.
With the popularity of AI, some people have already discovered songs on social media or on music platforms.
“I’m pretty sure that the Diddy Blud Einstein song [I see on Instagram] is AI. I’ve heard some AI songs,” said Roan Swamy (‘26).
However, some students have not been exposed to AI music.
“I actually haven’t come across any AI music,” said Fisher Robb. “I use Apple Music, and they don’t really push it.”
Spotify has been pushing AI artists on its platform. They have a generative playlist feature, where most of the songs on the playlist are entirely by AI. The Velvet Sundown, an AI band on Spotify, has amassed a total of 1 million streams, according to an article by The Guardian.
Many students disagree with Spotify’s decisions.
“I think that it’s a good way for them to lose subscribers to their platform,” said Pharr. “A lot of people don’t wanna listen to a robot sing; that’s just not fun for anyone. They should be uplifting their natural creators and not their AI creators.”
The question stands: would people listen to AI music? Most students at Chamblee High School have a similar response.
“[AI songs] sound very sloppy and pretty unoriginal. They take away from the creativity of the young minds,” said Olivera.
Some students consider the environmental impact of AI.
“I would not listen to AI music,” said Pharr. “It’s really dookie. AI in general takes a lot out of the ecosystem.”
Some students have personal experiences with AI music.
“One time, I was listening to this AI Cardi guy, and he was pretty bad. It ruins the experience; it’s tainting my music,” said Swamy.
The impact that AI music could have on the industry is unknown, but students believe it could lead to unfortunate consequences.
“[AI will] probably have a negative impact; [people will produce] worse music overall,” said Swamy. “[There would be] lower quality, lower standards; [AI music would] worsen creativity.”
Popular human artists are also taking action against AI music.
“A lot of major artists wrote a letter to all the major labels, trying to tell them not to use AI,” said Robb. “The labels have a decision. I think that it’s a really grim future for art and music. I don’t think [human art] will ever disappear. I just don’t think that they’ll push human art as much because it’s a lot more expensive than AI art.”
Other students don’t see much happening with AI in the music industry.
“I don’t think that AI music will get anywhere in this generation, but maybe some iPad kids would like it. I feel like that’s the only way I see it taking over anything, unless it actually gets good and people start listening to it. The majority of people just like natural music creators rather than AI,” said Pharr.
Overall, students seem to agree that AI music is not that great. There is debate about the lasting impacts and the influence major platforms have on the music industry, but people do not seem to have high hopes about AI songs.
“AI can never make something truly compelling to the human soul,” said Robb.
