Music 356
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Music and AI
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Course Description:
How do we make music with artificial intelligence? What does it mean to do so (and is it even a good idea)? How might we artfully design tools and systems that balance machine automation and human interaction? More broadly, how do we want to live with our technologies? Are there—and ought there be—limits to using AI for art? (And what is Art, anyway?) In this "critical making" course, students will learn practical tools and techniques for AI-mediated music creation, engineer software systems incorporating AI, HCI and Music, and critically reflect on the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of technology.
Coursework will span the practical ("how?"), the philosophical ("why?"), and the social ("for whom?"). Topics ranges from "good-old fashioned AI" (GOFAI), machine learning, and deep artificial neural networks in the context of music and art creation. Students will use these techniques to design (and consider) automated systems as well as interactive AI tools that keep human judgment in the loop. Through these exercises, we will explore how AI might augment, not replace, human creativity.
Coursework will span the practical ("how?"), the philosophical ("why?"), and the social ("for whom?"). Topics ranges from "good-old fashioned AI" (GOFAI), machine learning, and deep artificial neural networks in the context of music and art creation. Students will use these techniques to design (and consider) automated systems as well as interactive AI tools that keep human judgment in the loop. Through these exercises, we will explore how AI might augment, not replace, human creativity.
