Redefining Relationships in Music
Abstract
AI tools increasingly shape how we discover, make and experience music. While these tools can have the potential to empower creativity, they may fundamentally redefine relationships between stakeholders, to the benefit of some and the detriment of others. In this position paper, we argue that these tools will fundamentally reshape our music culture, with profound effects (for better and for worse) on creators, consumers and the commercial enterprises that often connect them. By paying careful attention to emerging Music AI technologies and developments in other creative domains and understanding the implications, people working in this space could decrease the possible negative impacts on the practice, consumption and meaning of music. Given that many of these technologies are already available, there is some urgency in conducting analyses of these technologies now. It is important that people developing and working with these tools address these issues now to help guide their evolution to be equitable and empower creativity. We identify some potential risks and opportunities associated with existing and forthcoming AI tools for music, though more work is needed to identify concrete actions which leverage the opportunities while mitigating risks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.08038,
title = {Redefining Relationships in Music},
author = {Christian Detweiler and Beth Coleman and Fernando Diaz and Lieke Dom and Chris Donahue and Jesse Engel and Cheng-Zhi Anna Huang and Larry James and Ethan Manilow and Amanda McCroskery and Kyle Pedersen and Pamela Peter-Agbia and Negar Rostamzadeh and Robert Thomas and Marco Zamarato and Ben Zevenbergen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.08038},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Presented at Cultures in AI/AI in Culture workshop at NeurIPS 2022