We are heading into a world where an effectively infinite amount of digital content can be generated on demand. The obvious fear is that this flood of synthetic media devalues everything human artists make. Ilja Mirsky’s answer runs in the opposite direction. Mirsky is a digital dramaturg, a lecturer at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg, and a PhD candidate at...

After a great start to the series with Ali Nikrang, we are back with the second episode of AI & Creativity Series. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Caterina Moruzzi, a researcher in the intersection of AI, creativity, and philosophy. Meet Caterina Moruzzi Caterina Moruzzi is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a...

Curious to learn about the latest advances of AI and music? Between the 13th and 15th of September, the 3rd Conference on AI Music Creativity will take place. The event is fully online and free. All you need to participate is to register on the event’s website and wait for confirmation. The theme of this year’s conference is: “The Sound of Future Past — Colliding...

The great Italian sculptor Michelangelo has allegedly once said, “Every block of stone has a statue inside and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it”. We have always believed that only humans held the incredible skill of imagining and creating art, as if it represented a form of self-expression unique to our own specie. However, this perspective has changed. Throughout...

For me, one of the wonderful aspects of listening to a song or album, is to imagine how the artist visualized or intended that piece of work to be. From imagination to reality, there is a long road. The artist undergoes a thorough process of composing, producing, mixing and mastering, in order to reach the final version of a tune that everyone will listen. Thus, it is a long...