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Hundreds of students at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston have signed an online petition protesting a new course on generative AI music and songwriting, marking another salvo in the continuing battle between artists and a technology they believe is stealing their hope for a livelihood.

As of Tuesday, 418 people have signed the petition, which is targeting the two-credit course “Bots and Beats: AI and the Future of Songwriting” and calling for the school to stop leveraging AI on campus.

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

We’ll critically examine how AI affects the very essence of creativity, from the rise of voice cloning to the potential of deepfakes, and explore the cutting edge technologies of XR, Web 3, Blockchain, and the Metaverse.

oh this sounds like an extremely valuable class lmfao

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t they just cancel the metaverse?

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yes but also No but kinda

[–] jaredwhite@humansare.social 18 points 2 months ago

holy shit, I thought you were making a joke, but then I clicked over to read the actual description and it's all really in there!?! WTF??!

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I'm sure this college got some sort of deal or increased valuation for adding this kind of crap

[–] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

I don't blame them.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Why bother wasting money on this class when you're not making anything? Why even show up to class?

[–] Susan60@aus.social 7 points 2 months ago

@jaredwhite
“Come & learn how to do something that will eventually relegate you to a miserable menial job!“

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I hope this is a ruse and when students show up BAM Expulsion paperwork.