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Björn Ulvaeus, the legendary songwriter and one-quarter of the famed Swedish pop group ABBA, is staunchly pro-artificial intelligence. “It's like an extension of my mind,” he says. “To be a Luddite in this is just crazy. It is here.”
Ulvaeus is using AI tools to help him write a new musical. He has used them to simulate how his new work might sound with different styles of vocalists or when played by an orchestra, refining his compositions based on the results. “It will take recorded music in new directions,” he says.