7th International Words and Music Conference
29-30 January 2027
University of Maribor
Faculty of Arts, English Department, Sociology Department
Faculty of Education, Music Department
Words, Music, and Artificial Intelligence (WMAI)
Language and music have always been among humanity’s most powerful technologies. Long before algorithms and neural networks, words and melodies carried memory, emotion, ritual, persuasion, and identity across generations. Poetry and songs shaped political movements, and preserved histories and legends. Together, words and music form a uniquely human way of making meaning that combines structure and feeling, logic and intuition, communication and art.
Today, artificial intelligence has entered this creative space. Systems capable of generating lyrics, composing symphonies, imitating voices, and producing entire songs now challenge long-held assumptions about creativity and authorship. What once seemed inseparable from human experience — emotional expression through language and sound — can now be simulated by machines trained on vast archives of human culture. This raises difficult and fascinating questions: Can AI truly be creative, or is it only recombining patterns? What happens to originality when algorithms can produce endless variations in seconds? And how do words and music change when they are created not only by people, but also in collaboration with intelligent systems?
A discussion of “Words, Music, and Artificial Intelligence” therefore sits at the intersection of art, technology, philosophy, and ethics. It invites us to examine not only what AI can create, but also what creativity itself means. As artists, audiences, and machines increasingly interact in shared creative environments, the relationship between human imagination and artificial intelligence may become one of the defining cultural questions of the twenty-first century.
Suggested topics (including, but not limited to)
- Ethical and legal considerations of AI plagiarism of music and text
- Can AI be used as a legitimate tool for creators
- Detecting AI generated creations: is it possible to tell the difference?
- Implications of AI for educators and classroom applications
- Translating text and music with AI
- Fictional depictions of AI creations in songs, films, television programs, novels, etc.
- How does AI work?
Important dates
- Abstract submission deadline: 31 October 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 15 November 2026
- Registration deadline: 30 November 2026
- Conference dates: 29-30 January 2027
- Paper submission deadline: 1 April 2027
- Expected publication: July 31 2027
Conference fee
- Standard fee: 60 Eur
- Student fee: 30 Eur
Submission and registration
- Abstracts (max. 300 words) should be submitted to wmai@um.si
- Registration is to be completed via the WMAI Registration Form on the conference website
Venue
University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts
Koroška cesta 160
2000 Maribor
Slovenia
Faculty of Arts website: https://ff.um.si
Contact
Email: wmai@um.si
We look forward to your proposals.
On behalf of the Organising Committee,
Tomaž Onič (Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies)
Michelle Gadpaille (Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies)
Bernarda Leva (Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies)
Nastja Prajnč Zagoranski (Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies)
and the Program Committee,
Melania Fabčič (Faculty of Arts, German Department)
Cveto Kobal (Faculty of Education, Music Department)
Victor Kennedy (Faculty of Arts, Department of English and American Studies)
Andrej Naterer (Faculty of Arts, Sociology Department)
Vsebina konference v slovenskem jeziku
Jezik in glasba sta bila vedno med najmočnejšimi tehnologijami človeštva. Že dolgo pred algoritmi in nevronskimi mrežami so besede in melodije prenašale spomin, čustva, rituale, prepričevanje in identiteto skozi generacije. Poezija in pesmi so oblikovale politična gibanja ter ohranjale zgodbe preteklosti in legende. Besede in glasba skupaj tvorijo edinstveno človeški način ustvarjanja pomena, ki združuje strukturo in občutke, logiko in intuicijo, komunikacijo in umetnost.
Danes je v ta ustvarjalni prostor vstopila umetna inteligenca. Sistemi, ki so sposobni ustvarjati besedila, skladati simfonije, posnemati glasove in producirati cele pesmi, zdaj izzivajo dolgoletne predpostavke o ustvarjalnosti in avtorstvu. Kar se je nekoč zdelo neločljivo od človeške izkušnje – čustveno izražanje skozi jezik in zvok – lahko zdaj simulirajo stroji, usposobljeni na obsežnih arhivih človeške kulture. To sproža težka in fascinantna vprašanja: ali je lahko umetna inteligenca resnično ustvarjalna ali le na novo povezuje vzorce? Kaj se zgodi z izvirnostjo, ko lahko algoritmi v nekaj sekundah ustvarijo neskončne različice? In kako se besede in glasba spremenijo, ko jih ustvarjajo ne le ljudje sami, ampak tudi v sodelovanju z inteligentnimi sistemi?
Razprava o »Besedah, glasbi in umetni inteligenci« se torej nahaja na presečišču umetnosti, tehnologije, filozofije in etike. Vabi nas, da preučimo ne le, kaj lahko umetna inteligenca ustvari, temveč tudi, kaj sama ustvarjalnost pomeni. Ker umetniki, občinstvo in stroji vse bolj sodelujejo v skupnih ustvarjalnih okoljih, bi lahko odnos med človeško domišljijo in umetno inteligenco postal eno od odločilnih kulturnih vprašanj enaindvajsetega stoletja.
Predlagane teme (vključno z, vendar ne omejeno na):
- Etični in pravni vidiki plagiatorstva glasbe in besedila s strani umetne inteligence
- Ali se lahko umetna inteligenca uporablja kot legitimno orodje za ustvarjalce?
- Odkrivanje stvaritev, ki jih ustvari umetna inteligenca: ali je mogoče opaziti razliko?
- Posledice umetne inteligence za vzgojitelje in njena uporaba v učilnici
- Prevajanje besedila in glasbe z umetno inteligenco
- Fiktivne upodobitve stvaritev umetne inteligence v pesmih, filmih, televizijskih programih, romanih itd.
- Kako deluje umetna inteligenca?
Pomembni datumi
- Rok za oddajo povzetkov: 31. oktober 2026
- Obvestilo o sprejetju: 15. november 2026
- Rok za prijavo: 30. november 2026
- Datum konference: 29.–30. januar 2027
- Rok za oddajo prispevkov: 1. april 2027
- Predvidena objava: 31. julij 2027
Kotizacija
- Standardna kotizacija: 60 EUR
- Študentska kotizacija: 30 EUR
Oddaja prispevkov in prijava
- Povzetke (največ 300 besed) pošljite na naslov wmai@um.si
- Prijava poteka prek prijavnega obrazca WMAI na spletni strani konference
Lokacija
Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta
Koroška cesta 160
2000 Maribor
Slovenija
Spletna stran Filozofske fakultete: https://ff.um.si
Kontakt
E-pošta: wmai@um.si
Veselimo se vaših predlogov.
V imenu organizacijskega odbora:
Tomaž Onič (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko)
Michelle Gadpaille (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko)
Bernarda Leva (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko)
Nastja Prajnč Zagoranski (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko)
in programskega odbora:
Melania Fabčič (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za germanistiko)
Cveto Kobal (Pedagoška fakulteta, Oddelek za glasbo)
Victor Kennedy (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko)
Andrej Naterer (Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za sociologijo)