{"id":10261,"date":"2026-04-15T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/berklee-college-ai-music\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:05:29","slug":"berklee-college-ai-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/berklee-college-ai-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It\u2019s Offering an AI \u201cSongwriting\u201d Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of students at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston have signed an online petition<\/a> protesting a new course on generative AI music and songwriting, marking another salvo in the continuing battle<\/a> between artists and a technology they believe is stealing their hope for a livelihood.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, 418 people have signed the petition, which is targeting the two-credit course \u201cBots and Beats: AI and the Future of Songwriting<\/a>\u201d and calling for the school to stop leveraging AI on campus.<\/p>\n

The petition accuses the school of promoting OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, which \u201csteal the art of [tens of thousands] of artists and rot the essence of the industry and have devastating consequences on the environment all to create facsimiles of real human art,\u201d the petition\u2019s organizers wrote.<\/p>\n

Angry comments from current and former students filled the discussion area of the petition, with many expressing disappointment that a school known for fostering the creation of popular music has gone into bed with a technology implicated in the theft of countless original songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery unfortunate behavior from an esteemed creative\/music college,\u201d one alumni wrote. \u201cDo better, Berklee. You represent so many of us and so many great artist\u2019s futures, don\u2019t ruin it by damaging the craft.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Berklee grad, I\u2019m appalled at the questionable use of AI in creative classes, and if I were a paying student now, I\u2019d be angry being told to use it in place of struggling through every assignment fully myself,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n

According to the course\u2019s description, students would delve into how AI-aided songwriting can both help and stymie musical creativity along with discussions on the \u201cimpact of AI on the music industry (both helpful and harmful), and on the future careers of music makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

In comment to WBZ<\/em><\/a>, Berklee wrote that as an \u201cartist-first institution at the forefront of contemporary music and performing arts education, Berklee has a responsibility to prepare our students to navigate technologies impacting the creative industries. We will continue to do so, in keeping with our guiding principles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Something tells us from this lukewarm statement that Berklee will do little to allay the fears of students and alumni alike.<\/p>\n

More on AI:<\/strong> AI-Generated Music Is Starting to Crowd Out the Real Stuff on Streaming Platforms<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Berklee College of Music Students Furious That It\u2019s Offering an AI \u201cSongwriting\u201d Class<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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