Tom Dunne: Artists are genuinely alarmed at the threat from AI music 

The silent album released by a host of UK stars this week is part of a campaign to highlight the theft of material by tech companies who don't pay musicians for using their creations 

AI technology is being 'trained' on existing music to be able to create its own versions.

Existential threats. What’s a guy gotta’ do around here to avoid all the existential threats, suddenly? Time was, Cuban Missile Crisis for instance, you could make your way home and listen to your favourite Bob Dylan album for escape. He knew things, brought insight. 

But what if this time Bob is an AI-generated deep fake, and the music is an AI-generated sound-alike using programs owned by the very people giving you the existential feelings of doom in the first place. What if AI Bob is singing from an AI-funded industry hymn sheet?