AI is getting better at imitating music and complex audio. But what are the limits, and what makes music like jazz and “the blues” unique? In this episode, Robert J. Marks sits down with musician James Hirsen to talk about AI deep fakes, its impact on the arts, and the personal aspect of music that makes it so special. 

Additional Resources

• Robert J. Marks at Discovery.org
• James Hirsen at James Hirsen.com
• Brendan Dixon “Fan Tries Programming AI Jazz, Gets Lots and Lots of AI…Jazz is spontaneous, but spontaneous noise is not jazz”
• Brendan Dixon “AI Can’t Do Jazz Because Spontaneity Is at Jazz’s Core”