  This chapter introduces the perspective of political ecology to the
application of artificial intelligence to artistic processes (Creative-Ai).
Hence, the environmental and social impact of the development and employment of
Creative-Ai are the focus of this text, when we consider them as part of an
economic system that transforms artistic creation to a commodity. I first
analyse specific Creative-Ai cases, and then conduct a speculation that takes
Jacques Attali's writing on the role of music in society as a vantage point,
and investigates the environmental and social consequences of an automatic
composition network controlled by a large music streaming platform. Whereas the
possibilities that emerge from Creative-Ai may be promising from an artistic
perspective, its entanglement with corporate interest raises severe concerns.
These concerns can only be addressed by a wide cross-sectoral alliance between
research and arts that develops a critical perspective on the future directions
of Creative-Ai.
