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Czech ice dancers Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek made their Olympic debut on Monday, an incredible feat that takes a lifetime of dedication and practice. But the duo used AI music in their dance program, which doesn’t break any rules, but serves as a depressing sign of how we’ve become.
As Mrázek blasts his sister in crazy cartwheeling moves that make them look like superhumans, one of NBC’s commentators previously said, “This is artificial AI, this first episode,” referring to the music. In a way, that admission is even more surprising than the gravity-defying tactics his siblings showed in the pressure of the Olympic ice.
The Olympic ice dance competition is divided into two events: rhythm dance, where couples must perform a routine that corresponds to a specific theme, and free dance. This season’s theme is “Music, Dance Styles, and Feelings of the 1990s.” British ice dancers Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson paid tribute to the Spice Girls, while United States favorites Madison Chock and Evan Bates performed a Lenny Kravitz medley.
But, for whatever reason – licensing issues? – Mrázková and Mrázek did a routine dance to music that is half AC/DC and half AI. It’s amazing. What’s even more surprising is that this isn’t the first time these two have used AI, and it’s also not the first time this decision has come back.
According to the International Skating Union, the governing body that oversees competitive ice skating, the the choice of the two’s music the rhythm dance this season has been “One Two by AI (90s style Bon Jovi)” and “Thunderstruck by AC/DC.” The official website of the Olympics it confirms that the duo is using AI-generated music for the dance segment.
The Czech brothers have faced problems in the past for using AI-generated music. Earlier in the season, they played a 90’s inspired song at their event it started with a screeching announcement: “Every night we crush a Mercedes-Benz!” If this sounds familiar, it’s because the song comes from the ’90s hit “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals (which, by the way, has incredible music video shot in the suburbs of Staten Island – the true reality of American suburbia!).
The AI-generated lyrics also include the lines, “Wake up, kids / We’ve got the dreamer’s disease,” and “First we run, then we laugh until we cry.” What a coincidence! That phrase also appears in the song “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals. AI’s song is also called “One Two,” which is the intro to…you can guess the song by now.
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Before the Olympics, the two changed the song, exchanging the lyrics for New Radicals some words generated by AI which sounds suspiciously like Bon Jovi music, according to reporter Shana Bartels was announced in November. For example, “raise your hands, light up the night” also appears in “Raise Your Hands“Writer Bon Jovi… and the AI ”singer” sounds like Bon Jovi, too.
While it’s unclear what software the team used to create the song, this is LLM working as it should. These LLMs are taught at large music libraries, often through legally questionable it means. When answered, LLMs produce the most likely response to the input. This is useful for coding, but it means that a song “like Bon Jovi,” can use actual Bon Jovi songs.
However, the music industry seems to be temporarily attracted to the idea of ”musicians” who are not really real. Telisha Jones, 31 years old in Mississippi, used Suno to put her (hopefully real) poetry to music under Xania Monet. Now they have $3 million contract.
It’s a shame that the success of these Czech dancers at the Olympic Games will be undermined by issues related to the use of AI music (an issue I strongly support). But let’s go! Aren’t these games supposed to be creative?
