The rush for the development of music produced by AI (artificial intelligence) has started roughly nearly four years ago. During this period a number of companies have taken the challenge, ranging from small start-ups to key global players. And quickly it has started to impact the way we see music and art. In the end of 2016 the first concert where only AI music was performed. It...

“Computers Make Art. Artists Make Money” (Zeroquatro, Fred). The quote above is derived from the song “Computadores Fazem Arte”, (English: Computers make Art) here performed by the Brazilian band Nacao Zumbi. With the advances of artificial intelligence, artificial creativity is exponentially growing in the music industry. Moreover, as long the the music...

How much do you love music? For me, it is impossible to describe to you how much I enjoy it. It is an intrinsic part of my life and also of who I am. It is part of my self-image, close related to my worldviews and even political opinions. When I think of music, normally comes my mind artists that I truly admire and respect: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Nina Simone, Beethoven and many...

Imagine a time when music fans will attend concerts performed by human musicians, but where all songs have been composed by artificial intelligence (AI). This time has arrived. Organized by Sony – Computer Science Laboratory (CSL), the concert took place in October 2016 in Paris (Gaîté Lyrique), and was part of the “Intense Science Festival“, which involved...

Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Salvador Dali…. They were all extraordinary painters and left their names in the history of art. In addition, much of their contribution to art derives from their unique “styles of painting”. Simply said, one can understand “style of painting” by patterns of procedures with which one...