leon 56.1 - <article-title>Music, Art, Machine Learning, and Standardization</article-title>
Abstract
This paper explores current and hypothetical implementations of machine learning in the creation and marketing of cultural commodities such as music. Building on Adorno and Horkheimer’s critique of the culture industry, this article considers the role of machine learning and artificial intelligence as a force for stylistic standardization and further consolidation of economic power in music and art.