Will AI Destroy Music—or Revolutionize It? Competing with artificial intelligence is just part of making music now. (Frédéric Reglain/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) As musicians see their work absorbed and copied by AI, some say: If you can’t beat the machine, use it. Murphy Campbell found modest renown in the music industry in the good old-fashioned way: by strumming her banjo, all alone, in the backwoods of North Carolina. She has no agent, no manager, no publishing label.