Enhancing/Mimicking Human [Musical] Creativity · 2018-03-16 · Gerhard Nierhaus (2009)....

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Enhancing/Mimicking

Human [Musical] CreativityBright and Dark Sides

Sergi JordàMTG, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

sergi.jorda@upf.edu

▪ Sergi Jordà, Enhancing/Mimicking Human Creativity Barcelona, 6th March 2018.

37 years ago… Barcelona 1981

The Lowtech QWERTYCaster [1996]

Creativity?

Convolutional Neural Networks (2016)

Mario Klingemann (w. convolutional neural networks, Google, 2017)

“Mondrian” by IBM (1966)

Algorithmic Music Composition▪ Music composed from algorithms, at least since 10th century ▪ Music composed by computers, at least since 1956 ▪ Music imitating existing styles, also since 50s-60s: w. David Cope

(1980—2000s) one of the best examples

▪ David Cope ▪ Experiments in Musical Intelligence ▪ In the style of… Debussy’s Prelude, Scott Joplin, Bach’s Fugue

Many computer based methods today…▪ Markov Models ▪ Generative Grammars ▪ Chaos and Self-Similarity ▪ Genetic Algorithms ▪ Cellular Automata ▪ Artificial Neural Networks ▪ Machine Learning ▪ ….

▪ Gerhard Nierhaus (2009). Algorithmic Composition: Paradigms of Automated Music Generation. Springer-Verlag, Vienna. ISBN 978-3-211-75540-2 provides a good overview covering many different techniques

▪ Slides by G.Nierhaus at IRCAM

Shared Responsibility in Multithreaded Instruments

One of the best assets of new digital instruments is the possibility to run several multiple and parallel musical processes in a shared control between the instrument and the performer

▪ challenging

Intelligence Amplification “Augmenting Human Intellect” (Douglas Engelbart, 1962)

Computers were not only meant for making simple things simpler, but also for making impossible things possible

Thanks for your attention!

Sergi JordàMTG, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

sergi.jorda@upf.edu

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