The End Of Knowledge - Vault 4/21 - AI For Good - 2019 - Unexpected Connections: Interweaving Music and Technology at the 2020 AI for Good Culture Night

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Resume:

1.- LJ Rich showcased the potential of AI and artists collaborating to create innovation and inspire people to use AI creatively.

2.- Technology is neutral; it's about how we choose to use it. AI for Good Summit explores positive use cases.

3.- LJ Rich is a TV presenter, inventor, composer, and sound designer who creates musical installations that make people feel good.

4.- She has built installations involving NASA sounds, tropical forests, and dance music generated from sensor data and movement.

5.- Her inventions help people experience music differently and have been featured in press. She's lectured at Harvard and DJed in Tokyo.

6.- She's leading a NASA project on creative approaches to data sonification.

7.- LJ Rich has synesthesia, a neurological condition where senses are mixed (e.g., seeing colors with numbers, letters, days).

8.- Around 3-4% of the population have synesthesia. LJ Rich's version is particularly strong, associating colors and sounds with things.

9.- Making unexpected connections is how people generate new ideas, going from one modality to another.

10.- Remixing technology is commonplace in consumer electronics (phones with cameras, speakers with AI, connected heating). AI will change music too.

11.- To teach a machine musicality, we need to understand how music is built - repeatable notes combined to create feelings.

12.- Extracting music's essence or DNA could allow a machine to recombine it and compose music to evoke specific emotions.

13.- Machine learning is halfway to creating music that gives us chills. With server space, AI can be trained on favorite artists.

14.- Examples: AI-generated Bach organ works, Beatles-style song "Daddy's Car", 24-hour black metal AI streaming channel on YouTube.

15.- Issues with AI musicians: terrible at listening, can't break rules properly, don't understand social cues in band dynamics.

16.- AI struggles with high-level musical concepts like cross-genre mashups (e.g., Iron Maiden in Mozart opera style).

17.- LJ Rich's synesthesia allows her to mix genres in unique ways, like combining reggae and Daft Punk elements.

18.- Voice emotion recognition could be powerful, e.g., banks detecting stress to adjust interest rates based on borrowing need.

19.- Mechanical devices make music; analyzing engine sounds could predict failure points before they occur.

20.- Everyone has potential to think like someone with synesthesia, feeling when something is "right". Inspiration is everywhere.

21.- Channeling unexpected connections creatively and elegantly could be key to solving specific problems.

22.- Inspiration is accessible - try brushing teeth with the other hand or ordering something different to spark new connections.

23.- Music and technology give clues about the future, with developments in voice emotion recognition and predictive maintenance through sound analysis.

24.- LJ Rich encourages the audience to make their own unexpected connections and have a truly inspirational evening and beyond.

25.- The talk featured live demonstrations and audience interaction, showcasing LJ Rich's inventions and musical abilities to inspire creative thinking with AI.

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