人工智能才是音樂的未來？

The growing use of artificial intelligence in the creative industries has been described as an existential threat to jobs and artistic integrity. Earlier this year artists including Billie Eilish signed an open letter urging tech companies not to “sabotage creativity”， but according to the musician Daniel Bedingfield， AI is music’s future， and anyone who fights against it faces being left behind.

The singer came to prominence in 2001 with his hit song Gotta Get Thru This. He has been an early adopter of AI for making music and is an avid user of Udio， a music generator that builds songs around the music it is fed.

Stevie Wonder was 12 years old when he recorded Fingertips， which reached No.1 in the USA， making him the youngest ever solo artist to top the charts. Bedingfield thinks AI can help children write pop hits in half that time. He said that he wished he had had access to AI technology as a child. “I could sing really well when I was six. I would have loved the chance to have made an album back then， without having to spend decades learning to play the instruments. That was the hard part， the brutal part.”

Bedingfield’s enthusiasm for AI-created music seems to be driven in part by his disdain for the music industry， which he described as “a system full of sharks and people who don’t know what they’re doing”. “Go ahead， see if you can join the music industry without getting your soul destroyed. See if you can change it from the inside. I think it’s better to create parallel systems.”

Bedingfield did acknowledge that giving individuals and companies the power to create music without the involvement of musicians would lead to a lot of misery. “Right now I’m grieving in my heart for 10，000 musicians， the pain that’s coming in the next 10 years， the depression， the homelessness. I think that’s coming，” he said. But his conclusion was clear： “We have to adapt or die.”

（材料選自The Guardian，有刪改）

1. What does Daniel believes that the application of artificial intelligence will have an impact on the music industry？

A. He agrees with Billie Eilish’s viewpoint.

B. He believes that artificial intelligence will not have an impact on the music industry.

C. He believes that AI will replace human music creation.

D. AI is music’s future， and anyone who fights against it faces being left behind.

2. What benefits can artificial intelligence bring to music creation？

A. It can reduce the time spent on creating songs by half.

B. It helps to stimulate children’s talents and is more conducive to creativity.

C. It can create world-renowned songs.

D. It helps to inspire people’s love and passion for music.

3. What is the final conclusion of Bedingfield？

A. Artificial intelligence will replace musicians in independently creating songs.

B. Although this may cause harm to musicians， artificial intelligence has become an inevitable trend.

C. He believes music creation will gradually disappear.

D. He believes that this will not cause harm to musicians.

4. Which column of a newspaper is the text probably taken from？

A. Health.

B. Culture.

C. Economy.

D. Education.

1.D。解析：細節理解題。材料第一段的最后一句提到“人工智能是音樂的未來，任何與之抗爭的人都會被甩在后面”，D選項與材料內容相符，故選D。

2.A。解析：細節理解題。材料第三段的第二、第三句提到“Bedingfield認為，人工智能可以幫助孩子們用一半的時間來寫出流行歌曲。他說，他希望自己小時候能接觸到人工智能技術”。A選項“它可以將創作歌曲的時間減少一半”與材料內容相符，故選A。

3.B。解析：推理判斷題。材料最后一段提到“Bedingfield的確承認，在沒有音樂家參與的情況下，賦予個人和公司創作音樂的權力會帶來很多痛苦……但他的結論很明確：我們要么適應，要么死亡”，由此可知音樂的人工智能化已經成為不可避免的趨勢，故選B。

4.B。解析：主旨大意題。材料的內容主要為“人工智能的運用將會影響音樂創作，讓創作音樂的時間成本減少”，由此可知材料屬于文化科普類的文章，故選B。