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Main Authors: Fu, Yue, Newman, Michele, Going, Lewis, Feng, Qiuzi, Lee, Jin Ha
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15276
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author Fu, Yue
Newman, Michele
Going, Lewis
Feng, Qiuzi
Lee, Jin Ha
author_facet Fu, Yue
Newman, Michele
Going, Lewis
Feng, Qiuzi
Lee, Jin Ha
contents Artificial intelligence is reshaping creative domains, yet its co-creative processes, especially in group settings with novice users, remain under explored. To bridge this gap, we conducted a case study in a college-level course where nine undergraduate students were tasked with creating three original music tracks using AI tools over 10 weeks. The study spanned the entire creative journey from ideation to releasing these songs on Spotify. Participants leveraged AI for music and lyric production, cover art, and distribution. Our findings highlight how AI transforms creative workflows: accelerating ideation but compressing the traditional preparation stage, and requiring novices to navigate a challenging idea selection and validation phase. We also identified a new "collaging and refinement" stage, where participants creatively combined diverse AI-generated outputs into cohesive works. Furthermore, AI influenced group social dynamics and role division among human creators. Based on these insights, we propose the Human-AI Co-Creation Stage Model and the Human-AI Agency Model, offering new perspectives on collaborative co-creation with AI.
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spellingShingle Exploring the Collaborative Co-Creation Process with AI: A Case Study in Novice Music Production
Fu, Yue
Newman, Michele
Going, Lewis
Feng, Qiuzi
Lee, Jin Ha
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is reshaping creative domains, yet its co-creative processes, especially in group settings with novice users, remain under explored. To bridge this gap, we conducted a case study in a college-level course where nine undergraduate students were tasked with creating three original music tracks using AI tools over 10 weeks. The study spanned the entire creative journey from ideation to releasing these songs on Spotify. Participants leveraged AI for music and lyric production, cover art, and distribution. Our findings highlight how AI transforms creative workflows: accelerating ideation but compressing the traditional preparation stage, and requiring novices to navigate a challenging idea selection and validation phase. We also identified a new "collaging and refinement" stage, where participants creatively combined diverse AI-generated outputs into cohesive works. Furthermore, AI influenced group social dynamics and role division among human creators. Based on these insights, we propose the Human-AI Co-Creation Stage Model and the Human-AI Agency Model, offering new perspectives on collaborative co-creation with AI.
title Exploring the Collaborative Co-Creation Process with AI: A Case Study in Novice Music Production
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15276