arXiv:2412.04100cs.SDcs.AI2024-12被引 8

AI音乐生成严重忽视全球南方音乐,数据与研究多集中于西方。

Missing Melodies: AI Music Generation and its "Nearly" Complete Omission of the Global South

  • 分析超百万小时音频数据,发现93%研究聚焦全球北方音乐。
  • 全球南方音乐仅占数据总量14.6%,非西方音乐常被忽略。
  • 建议推动多元文化数据纳入,避免AI加剧音乐多样性流失。

生成式AI的进展重新激发了音乐生成的研究兴趣,但其性能和泛化能力高度依赖训练数据。我们对超过一百万小时的音频数据集进行了广泛分析,并人工审查了来自十一项顶级人工智能与音乐会议(AAAI、ACM、EUSIPCO、EURASIP、ICASSP、ICML、IJCAI、ISMIR、NeurIPS、NIME、SMC)的200余篇论文,揭示出全球南方音乐在AI研究中存在严重代表性不足的问题。结果显示,约86%的数据时长和超过93%的研究工作集中于全球北方音乐;尽管约40%的数据集包含某种非西方音乐,但全球南方音乐仅占14.6%。此外,约51%的论文聚焦符号化音乐生成,该方法难以捕捉南亚、中东、非洲等地音乐的文化细节。随着AI日益影响音乐创作与传播,这种数据与研究的不平衡正威胁全球音乐多样性。本文提出若干举措以缓解风险,推动更包容的AI音乐生成未来。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Recent advances in generative AI have sparked renewed interest and expanded possibilities for music generation. However, the performance and versatility of these systems across musical genres are heavily influenced by the availability of training data. We conducted an extensive analysis of over one million hours of audio datasets used in AI music generation research and manually reviewed more than 200 papers from eleven prominent AI and music conferences and organizations (AAAI, ACM, EUSIPCO, EURASIP, ICASSP, ICML, IJCAI, ISMIR, NeurIPS, NIME, SMC) to identify a critical gap in the fair representation and inclusion of the musical genres of the Global South in AI research. Our findings reveal a stark imbalance: approximately 86% of the total dataset hours and over 93% of researchers focus primarily on music from the Global North. However, around 40% of these datasets include some form of non-Western music, genres from the Global South account for only 14.6% of the data. Furthermore, approximately 51% of the papers surveyed concentrate on symbolic music generation, a method that often fails to capture the cultural nuances inherent in music from regions such as South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. As AI increasingly shapes the creation and dissemination of music, the significant underrepresentation of music genres in datasets and research presents a serious threat to global musical diversity. We also propose some important steps to mitigate these risks and foster a more inclusive future for AI-driven music generation.

AI音乐数据偏见全球南方

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