Artificial Creativity. Perceptions and Prejudices on AI Music Production

This paper aims at contributing to the ongoing discourse concerning the involvement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of music production. Previous scholarly inquiries have consistently highlighted the prevalence of biases and concerns in AI-mediated creative processes, particularly among technicians, experts, and creators. However, studies demonstrate that in certain instances of blind listening evaluations, individuals exhibit a reduced predisposition toward prejudice, demonstrating genuine interest in and approval of creative musical outputs generated through AI-mediated processes. We will present the primary findings of an empirical study grounded in a tripartite experimental framework. Each of the three groups was assigned the task of evaluating musical productions, with one originating from human creativity and the other stemming from AI-based generative processes. This study represents the initial step of a broader research work aimed at comprehending how AI tools could be integrated into the creative process, whether it engenders a new aura around the creative product, to echo Benjamin, and ultimately, the implications for the broader cultural industry and its role as a producer of collective imagination.