Our Sound Design Skills Are Safe From AI. Our Industry May Not Be

// Originally on Production Expert 11 October 2026

Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Charles Maynes agrees that AI can't match human creative thinking, as expressed in Rene Coronado's recent article, but argues the real threat isn't creative at all. Cost-driven clients, rented tools, copyright uncertainty and erosion from the bottom of the market are the risks he wants the sound community to face. If our craft is safe, why

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