ETHICAL RISKS AND COPING STRATEGIES OF GENERATIVE AI IN MUSIC EDUCATION
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Coping Strategies, Ethical Risks, Generative AI, Music EducationAbstract
The increasingly prominent role of generative AI in education, and the application of generative AI in music education and industry have drawn sustained scholarly attention to its pedagogical value, ethical challenges, and effects on musical creativity. AI tools are applied in intelligent composition, music production, music creation, assisted lesson preparation, etc. Although generative AI has effectively enhanced music creation, production efficiency, and pedagogical innovation in the field of music, according to the UNESCO (2021) Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, China’s (2023) Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services, and relevant literature, the ethical risks of generative AI in music field remain significant. Based on relevant literature, this study contributes a risk taxonomy, an ethical governance framework, and actionable policy guidelines to promote the ethical and healthy development of generative AI in music education.
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