The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Music Making
Year: 2025
Type: dissertation
Abstract: My STS paper explores the impact of Generative AI on music creation, using the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) framework, which sees technology as shaped by societal values. I discuss how AI models like Suno and Udio generate music, often using copyrighted works without consent, raising major legal and ethical issues. Historically, randomness and probability in music (e.g., Brian Eno, aleatoric composers) have parallels to today's AI, but key differences exist since AI users often cannot control or understand the underlying processes. In the paper I critique AI’s current musical capabilities: while able to produce sub-par pop music, models struggle with emotional depth, long-form structure, and nuanced genre-specific tasks.
Source: Libra
DOI: 10.18130/z5yp-vd81
Author: Aryan Medam
Institution: University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6887997768
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