Mediation of Musical Storytelling, Meaning and Emotions Through AI Music Creation Assistant Software
Translated title
Mægling af musikalsk historiefortælling, mening og følelser gennem AI musik kreativ assistance software
Author
Banyté, Monika
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-08-10
Pages
56
Abstract
Musik og teknologi har altid påvirket hinanden, og i dag bliver koblingen tættere, når digitale værktøjer flytter ind i kompositionsprocessen. Kunstig intelligens (AI) er både lovende og problematisk, især når det gælder musikalsk fortælling, mening og følelser. Denne afhandling anvender en post-fænomenologisk tilgang (som undersøger, hvordan teknologier medierer eller former menneskers oplevelser) til at studere to AI-baserede kompositionsværktøjer: Orb Composer og Orb Producer Suite. Gennem etnografiske studier med brugere og lyttere undersøger afhandlingen, hvordan disse værktøjer fungerer, hvad de muliggør og begrænser, og hvordan de kan integreres, så de understøtter oplevelserne hos både musikskabere og publikum. Analysen peger på otte gennemgående former for teknologisk mediation: (1) hvordan lyd og formidling af fortælling, mening og følelser formes, (2) hvordan lytterens oplevelse formes, (3) hvordan AI foreslår eller udvikler musikalske ideer, (4) balancen mellem intuitiv og regelbaseret kreativitet, (5) maskinen som kreativ partner, (6) delt kreativ beslutningstagning, (7) hvordan inspiration igangsættes eller filtreres, og (8) hvordan folk fortolker og bruger AI-musiksoftware (brugshermeneutik). Indsigterne munder ud i techno-antropologiske anbefalinger (med fokus på relationer mellem mennesker og teknologi) for at integrere AI-værktøjer i musikpraksis.
Music and technology have always shaped each other, and this link is tightening as digital tools enter the composing process. Artificial intelligence (AI) is both promising and problematic, especially for musical storytelling, meaning, and emotion. This thesis uses a post-phenomenological approach (which examines how technologies mediate or shape human experience) to study two AI-assisted composition tools: Orb Composer and Orb Producer Suite. Through ethnographic studies with users and listeners, it examines how these tools work, what they enable and constrain, and how they can be integrated in ways that support the experiences of both music makers and audiences. The analysis identifies eight recurring forms of technological mediation: (1) how sound and the communication of story, meaning, and emotion are shaped; (2) how the listener’s experience is shaped; (3) how AI proposes or develops musical ideas; (4) the balance between intuitive and rule-based creativity; (5) the machine as a creative partner; (6) shared creative decision-making; (7) how inspiration is sparked or filtered; and (8) how people interpret and use AI music software (the hermeneutics of use). These insights inform techno-anthropological recommendations (focused on human–technology relations) for integrating AI tools into musical practice.
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