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4. AI better be by by ever humans songs than those Will written written?

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6. AI a an be fan of pop star Would you?

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AI Music - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the term 'AI'?
  3. What do you think of AI being used to create music?
  4. Will songs written by AI ever be better than those written by humans?
  5. Should there be a separate chart for AI songs?
  6. Would you be a fan of an AI pop star?
  7. Isn't a synthesizer as controversial as AI?
  8. What do you think of AI making songs that exactly fit your mood?
  9. Will there ever be an AI Beatles or an AI Mozart?
  10. What songs do you like that are in your country's music charts?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'music'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What danger is AI posing to musicians' livelihoods?
  5. What legitimate use is there for AI in music?
  6. What is "the human nature of artistry"?
  7. How musical are you?
  8. Would you like to use AI to write your own songs?
  9. What advice do you have for music purists regarding AI?
  10. What questions would you like to ask musicians who use AI?

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