Concern 672 · Working draft · editorial review in progress
Music composition and production
Music-production displacement risk arises when generated music substitutes for commissions, licensing or production work that supports human musicians and composers.
Understanding the concern
Background music for a video, game or advertisement is one area where a buyer may accept a quickly generated track. That can affect people whose income depends on many small commissions rather than major releases. AI can also be a creative tool, so using it and losing work to it are not the same thing.
Economic studies have projected possible revenue pressure under particular assumptions. These are scenarios, not losses already counted. The outcome depends on adoption, licensing, contracts and demand for human work. A useful question is who receives payment when production becomes cheaper, including the people whose recordings or compositions helped train the system.
An example
A small composer loses repeat background-music commissions when a client adopts a generated-music service.
Illustrative unless identified as a documented case.
Words in plain English
- AI
- Software that learns patterns from examples or uses rules to perform tasks such as recognizing images or generating text. It can make mistakes and does not understand every situation as a person would.
Evidence and its limits
CISAC commissioned this scenario study. Its projected impacts should not be reported as observed revenue losses or certain forecasts.
CISAC and PMP Strategy 2024 · Commissioned economic scenarios
CISAC/PMP Strategy AI Study ↗ (opens in a new tab)Projects potential music and audiovisual income effects under stated assumptions. Forecast losses are not observed losses.
Broader frameworks and background
These resources provide context. They do not establish every claim in this concern.
A question to discuss
How can cheaper music production still support the people whose skills and work make the musical ecosystem possible?
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Virtues are qualities we practice in how we treat people and make choices. They are not scores for judging someone. Use these ideas to explore what a thoughtful response could look like.
Seeing potential
Seeing potential means recognizing people's capacity to learn, contribute, and grow. It resists reducing someone to a score or to the tasks a machine can perform faster.
Use tools to support people's development. Give learners time, feedback, and real opportunities to practice. A prediction about someone's performance should not close off their future.
Ask together: How could this help people develop abilities they value?
Solidarity
Solidarity means standing with people whose lives are affected, especially when they have less power to protect their interests. It turns concern into a willingness to share responsibility.
Include affected people in decisions and support practical remedies when something goes wrong. Do not leave the cost of learning or repair entirely with those who were harmed.
Ask together: What would it mean to stand with the people carrying the greatest burden?
Dignity
Dignity means recognizing each person's worth regardless of usefulness, status, or a system's score. People deserve respect and a voice in matters that affect them.
Explain important decisions, avoid humiliating treatment, and keep room for a person's story. Do not treat a prediction as a complete account of who someone is.
Ask together: Does this use treat each person as someone whose experience matters?
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