Perceptions of an Artificial Intelligence Musical Collaborator

Allen B, Mo R. Perceptions of an Artificial Intelligence Musical Collaborator. In: 2025 AES International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Audio. Audio Engineering Society; 2025. Paper 9. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22998

@inproceedings{Allen2025_22998,
  author = {Allen, Becky and Mo, Ronald},
  title = {{Perceptions of an Artificial Intelligence Musical Collaborator}},
  booktitle = {2025 AES International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Audio},
  note = {Paper 9},
  year = {2025},
  month = sep,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22998}
}

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AB  - Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to change the landscape of music creativity through new working practices and tools to assist in all aspects of music making. However, acceleration of this technology has also prompted concerns relating to a variety of ethical issues. Discourse surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been limited to conversations pertaining to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with limited consultation with creative practitioners surrounding the myriad ethical concerns and disruption to current working practices. Adoption of a human-centered approach to AI development has the potential to create a meaningful musical collaborator which may assist in idea generation and provide creative inspiration. This study centres the concept of musicking to identify participants to gather data pertaining to views of Generative AI as a creative collaborator for music composition. Findings indicate musicians are already incorporating AI within their practice as a creative tool, aiding with composition and production tasks. However, concerns abound relating to economic impact, devaluing musicianship and authenticity. Harnessing the positive potential of the technology outlined in this paper will require greater co-creation with musicians to fulfil a human-centered musical collaborator.
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