Ethics

The project will critically examine the ethical implications of AI-generated compositions for authorship, creativity, human-artificial agency, and the potential for algorithmic bias or discrimination. The project is committed to staying up to date with developments in these areas, including the European AI Act (2024). Together with the Advisory Board the project will ask: How do we attribute creativity and rights to AI-generated compositions? How might these technologies redefine musical creativity and human artists' roles? What are the implications of blockchain-based music distribution for artist autonomy and fair compensation?

The project will conduct regular ethical audits of its AI and blockchain implementations, ensuring transparency and addressing potential biases. The team will draft ethical guidelines for AI and blockchain use in music creation and distribution, potentially serving as a model for future research and industry applications. By placing ethics at the forefront of its practice-based research, the project aims to advance innovation while contributing to responsible frameworks for future music creation and distribution in a posthuman context.

The project is also acutely aware of the environmental sustainability challenges posed by AI and blockchain technologies. To reduce impact, the blockchain operations will be designed to be energetically efficient, utilizing low-consumption blockchain networks, preferring protocols such as Liquid Proof-of-Stake (LPoS), Pure Proof-of-Stake (PPoS), and Proof-of-Stake (Pos), which are much more energy-efficient and consume significantly less energy (99% less) compared to conventional Proof-of-Work (PoW) systems.