Experimental perspectives on artificial intelligence in music composition

Abstract

The article is a musicological treatment of new opportunities to analyse, research, create music, etc., from the perspective of new discoveries and experiments that take place today in the virtual world, exposed in open access sources. The aim of the article is to explore the process of the dynamic evolution of artificial intelligence and its impact on academic music. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, different companies worked on developing various versions of artificial intelligence technologies capable of composing music. One of the most important start-ups in the field of creating musical compositions with the help of artificial intelligence is Aiva Technologies. Its algorithms incorporate the concepts of music theory through researching and processing existing musical works. Even though some of the works created by Aiva have been used in films and marketing, nevertheless the musical compositions created by multifaceted aspect that encompasses authors reflect more accurately the inner feelings of the human being, aesthetic references, personal visions, the many aspects of the human universe, the strong point being inspiration, as a primary determinant of the artist. Traditional musical instruments remain an important support in the field of musical art, as they possess specific sounds and unique qualities, fully explored in the interpretative process, which is an important field that is equally integrated in the area of the definition of creativity. Attempting to create these sounds and effects with the help of artificial intelligence is a challenge in achieving perfect performances that could be evaluated at the same level as human ones. Therefore, predictions about the possibility of equalizing their value remain questionable, as the two require different criteria for analysis.