AI in music presents both opportunities and risks: on one hand, it can expand access to music-making by lowering technical barriers, offering new tools for composition, experimentation, and collaboration, and helping artists prototype ideas more quickly. On the other hand, it raises serious concerns about authorship, consent, and value, since many systems are trained on existing musicians’ work without clear permission or compensation, potentially reproducing styles in ways that dilute originality and undercut livelihoods. While AI can function as a creative aid, its large-scale use risks flooding the market with derivative content and shifting music toward algorithmic optimization rather than human expression, suggesting that the technology itself is not inherently harmful, but its impact depends heavily on how it is regulated, credited, and ethically integrated into the creative process.
ChatGPT. Response to a prompt about the benefits and drawbacks of artificial intelligence in music. OpenAI, 2025. Generated text.