Rampant consumerism could get a shot in the arm as artificial intelligence keeps breaking boundaries, says music expert Peter Tregear.
Tregear, the director of Little Hall at the University of Melbourne, says AI-generated music will likely proliferate even further to permeate people’s lives.
Already, this type of music is available online and can be found in social media apps like TikTok, in advertisements, documentaries, and even shopping centres (Muzak)—encouraging shoppers to buy more.
“It will be so much easier and cheaper to underscore visual material that it becomes ubiquitous,” Tregear told The Epoch Times.
“You see people walking around and basically wired in 24/7. They wake up to music, put in their headphones, and have their phone all day. Once they take it out, they’re in a shop which has music in the background,” he added….