Students expressed the complexities, possibilities and impact of Artificial Intelligence on their academic lives and future careers NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 13, 2024 / The recording industry's Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF), a leading non-profit organization enriching lives and uniting communities through the power of music in North America, has granted $119,000 USD in academic support to 114 college and university students for the upcoming school year. The Music's Future scholarship this year awarded students at 27 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada as they pursue music performance, therapy, education, and conducting degrees. The Music Family scholarship supports member families of the American Federation of Musicians (AF-M) as they pursue higher education in their chosen field.
This year, recipients represented 40 local music unions in United States and Canada. Some are pursuing careers in music performance, while others are studying engineering, law, art history, neuroscience, journalism and computer science, among other fields. Unique to securing a scholarship this year was to submit an essay on whether and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) are impacting current studies and future careers.
"Complex human dynamics cannot be shoehorned into an algorithm," wrote Elizabeth B., a music therapy major at Concordia University in Montreal, QC. "We are social beings, and our creative process o.