TagJazz
Can AI Mimic Spontaneous Jazz and the Blues?
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 Read More ›
Fan Tries Programming AI Jazz, Gets Lots and Lots of AI…
Jazz is spontaneous, but spontaneous noise is not jazzAs Gioia says, jazz depends on the “personality of the individual musician.” And the blindspot of AI creativity is: There’s no one home.
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AI Can’t Do Jazz Because Spontaneity Is at Jazz’s Core
AI “artists”—in all the forms presently available — merely replay their programmingAs Ted Gioia makes clear in his discussion of jazz, swirling a bit of randomness into the mix will not help.
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The Underwhelming Creativity of AI
The technology regurgitates, it does not createArtists have nothing to fear from AI if, as philosopher of mind Sean Dorrance Kelly says, creativity does not follow computational rules.
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