AIMC 2026 โ Artificial Intelligence Music Creativity
Theme: The Generative Turn. Examines how AI-driven systems reshape music creation, performance, listening, authorship, labour, and value in an age of hyper-reproduction.
๐ 16โ18 September 2026
Deadline: 04/04/2026
#AI #MusicAndAI #ComputationalCreativity #DigitalMusic #Musicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology
New article on Sounding Future: Concept-based Explanations for Music Emotion Recognition
https://www.soundingfuture.com/en/article/concept-based-explanations-music-emotion-recognition
By Verena Szojak, Verena Praher
NEW ๐ฃ Artificial intelligence in music: feared, trivialized, demonized (part 1) by โ๏ธ Markus Deisenberger
Artificial intelligence is changing the professional world, including that of musicians. But what do music creators have to fear from AI?
#musicandai #chatgpt #SharmienZandi #composition #Artificialintelligence
๐ก **Are We Building Robots That Can Replace Creatives?** ๐จ๐๐ถ
As AI models get better at writing, making art, and even composing music, there's a BIG question on people's minds: **Are we building machines that can replace human creativity?** ๐ค
### ๐ค **Whatโs Happening?**
AI is now good enough to generate high-quality content that rivals **average** or even **above-average** writers, artists, and musicians. These models can create polished content quickly and efficientlyโsometimes even better than a human, at least in routine tasks.
But, what does this mean for real people in these fields? ๐ฌ
### ๐ผ **Job Displacement**
Like machines in factories ๐ญ, AI in creative fields is raising concerns about jobs. Writers, designers, and musicians who rely on producing mid-tier workโlike **marketing content**, **stock music**, or **logo designs**โnow face competition from AI models that can work 24/7 and churn out content super fast! ๐
### ๐จ **Devaluing Creativity**
Even though AI canโt yet create **groundbreaking** art or **deeply emotional** stories, it can generate content thatโs "good enough" for many purposes. This worries artists and writers who feel that the uniqueness of **human creativity** could get devalued over time. ๐ If AI can pump out music or artwork, will we still care as much about human-made creations? ๐คทโโ๏ธ
### ๐ **Raising the Bar**
For many average-to-above-average creators, the fear is that **AI-generated content** will raise the bar ๐ฏ for whatโs considered acceptable or excellent. If AI can produce high-quality work consistently, humans may have to work even harder to stand out, making it more difficult to get recognition or make a living. ๐ธ
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### ๐ฅ **The Upside: AI as a Creative Tool** ๐ ๏ธ
But itโs not all doom and gloom! ๐ Some creators see AI as a tool to **enhance** their work, rather than replace them. ๐จ Writers might use AI for brainstorming ๐ก, artists could use it to **generate ideas** for new projects, and musicians can refine compositions using AIโs pattern-recognition abilities. ๐ต **Collaborating with AI** could open doors to new levels of creativity and innovation! ๐ชโจ
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### ๐จ **Whatโs the Real Concern?**
๐ผ๏ธ People screaming about **"copyright theft"** might misunderstand the issue a bit. AI isnโt just **copying** someoneโs workโitโs learning from huge amounts of data to generate **new** content based on patterns. So, while itโs not exactly "theft," the worry is more about **AI flooding the market** with work that can replace **human-made** creativity.
### โ ๏ธ **Commodification** of Creativity
One big issue? ๐ค If AI can mass-produce creative work, it risks turning **art and writing** into commodities that are valued more for **quantity** than quality. ๐ This could hurt artists who pour their heart and soul into their work. โค๏ธ
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### โ๏ธ **Ethical Questions** โ
Should artists, writers, and musicians be **compensated** if their work is used to train these AI models? ๐ฐ How should we handle the **moral implications** of machines producing human-like creative works? These are BIG questions that are still up for debate. ๐ฃ๏ธ
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### ๐ ๏ธ **The Future?**
AI is unlikely to replace the **most innovative** creators (we still need humans for that spark of genius ๐ฅ!), but itโs already shaking up industries by automating creative tasks. So the future might look more like humans and AI **collaborating** than competing. ๐ค
**What do you think?** Will AI push us into a new golden age of creativity, or is it a threat to human artistry? ๐
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### ๐ท๏ธ **#AIArt #AIWriting #Creativity #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #FutureOfWork #ArtAndAI #DigitalArt #MusicAndAI #Innovation**
NEW ๐ฃ Article of the day โ๏ธ Gerhard Nierhaus: On Composers and Computers
The article describes the manifold interactions between composers and computers in the creative process.
EN: https://www.soundingfuture.com/en/article/composers-and-computers
#algorithmiccomposition #computermusic #GerhardNierhaus #electronicmusic #SoundingFuture #historyofcomputermusic #musicandai #ircam #iem #ComputationalCreativity #GenerativeMusic
Petr Nuska
Sounding Future
Nicola Monopoli
Legends and Lotties