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Challenges of Living with Artificial Intelligence

This podcast touches on some of the most important ethical and creative challenges that AI poses to music-making and the creative industries more generally. Could a robot improvise in a jazz band? What is the difference between an AI playing a piano and a pianola?

Living With AI Podcast

2 Jan 2024

Podcast: AI Music: Duelling against a Robot Piano!

This podcast was recorded in 2021, two years before ChatGPT launched its groundbreaking AI. The podcast touches on some of the most important ethical and creative challenges that AI poses to music-making and the creative industries more generally. Could a robot improvise in a jazz band? An AI drummer that can maintain time and not run out of energy could be a good thing - no? What is the difference between an AI playing a piano and a pianola? Even in 2021, there were robots that could take cues from a nod of the head.
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If music be the food of love, AI. We talk to Professor Steve Benford about robots playing music. The panel guests are Stuart Middleton, Alan Chamberlain and Paurav Shukla. This Podcast was recorded on 11th March 2021 


Podcast Host: Sean Riley

The UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub Website

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