Don’t Kid Yourself, Artificial Intelligence Will Replace Music Teachers

Don’t Kid Yourself, Artificial Intelligence Will Replace Music Teachers - So it’s up to us to demonstrate why we still have value.

No one grows up thinking their industry is eventually going to be threatened by Artificial Intelligence and technology. All those unfortunate engineers and coders who only ten years ago seemed the future of blue-collar workforces are proof of that.

Not that we’re immune in the field of music. My hypothesis is that private music lessons will be overtaken much sooner than we think — already, I’ve had several students prove that digital technology (like the app Flowkey) is offering a cost-effective and ‘good-enough’ solution to expensive private lessons. Sure it’s limited, and it won’t train professionals — but how many students actually have the capacity or desire to become professional musicians?

Why Piano?

For children these days, there are a plethora of options from which parents must select to fill up afternoons and weekends; complementing their schooling and education with non-classroom based life skills. These options include sport (both team and individual), dance, craft, tuition and instrument lessons, amongst many others.

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Each activity encourages different development in a range of life skill. For a child playing sport, the concepts of teamwork, coordination and work ethic are introduced; dance increases physicality, craft encourages creativity, tuition excels schooling ability and concentration, whilst music achieves all of these.