THE ANALYTIC-INTERPRETATIVE PARADIGM OF SIGISMUND TODUȚĂ’S LIED SPUNE-O ÎNCET (“SAY IT SOFTLY”): A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ANALYSIS WITH ELEMENTS OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
THE ANALYTIC-INTERPRETATIVE PARADIGM OF SIGISMUND TODUȚĂ’S LIED SPUNE-O ÎNCET (“SAY IT SOFTLY”): A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ANALYSIS WITH ELEMENTS OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

Summary/Abstract: Human interpretation in music is inherently laden with expressive intent, informed by context, tradition, and individual sensibility. When this expressivity is analyzed by AI, it may lack emotional and expressive understanding and depth in evaluating music, resulting in a form of aesthetic cognitive dissonance (Menninghaus et al., 2017) between the machine’s lack of consciousness and its capacity to mimic cognitive functions associated with human mind (Sfetcu, 2021: 6) as well as understanding of all the intricate layers of music interpretation. This paper investigates the interpretive and emotional differences between human and AI analysis of Sigismund Toduță’s lieder Spune-o încet, highlighting how cognitive dissonance may be apparent in score analysis when faced with the need for artistic and emotionally-expressive interpretations rendered by non-human agents.

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