Music AI: So? (Cont.)
AI is the "effect-pedal/plugin/app" of creativity. Effect pedals can, in fact, result in things you never would have made without them. They are simply tools (or toys). Methods or procedures are also tools. When I use alternate tunings I use it as a tool (sometimes toy) in a similar fashion: to generate possibilities not available in standard tuning. But one thing I realized is that the tool can sometimes become the crutch or the thing to aimlessly noodle around with. When the tool has to coexist with other things not reliant on tools the reliant one is the weakest part: It has to be plugged in, needs other peripherals, and has other dependencies. Music can exist with almost no dependencies—all we need are hands, feet, and the voice. But what civilization has ever ignored the idea of progress? You’d want to keep extending it with tools. Tools also make other tools possible, but we shouldn't confuse the tools with the things we're supposed to make with them
