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Playing With Reality: Music Meets the Algorithm

Music has always been a creative act - something that conveys the deepest of human emotions through melody and songs. But now, digital technologies are stepping in to challenge humans. Find out more in this episode of Playing with Reality. Tune in here.

Music has always been a creative act - something that conveys the deepest of human emotions through melody and songs. But now, digital technologies are stepping in to challenge humans. Today, with just a simple prompt in natural language, AI can create a complete song, or even copy the exact styles of established artists. So what does this mean for the industry, and for the musicians themselves? Are we reaching a Napster style moment, where copyright is at risk? And is it all bad news? How are musicians utilizing these new technologies to create things which are exciting and new? Find out this week on Playing with Reality.

Join our hosts Menno Van Doorn and Tijana Nikolic, who are in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy, our guest speaker for episode 5:

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Today’s Guest

Marcus is a mathematician at the University of Oxford, where he is also the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. He is the author of a number of popular maths and science books, including The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think, and Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut. He is one of the world’s leading thinkers about the intersection between science, creativity and digital technologies.

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