I watched this TED video where Pierre Barreau presents music that was created by an artificial intelligence called AIVA and was blown away.
He and his team were able to feed into an algorithm a whole array of music which then was analysed by a neural network and the application is now able to compose original music based on input criteria. It decides what note should come after a specific note when we are looking for a certain kind of effect the music should create in a listener.
Watch his TED Talk here.
After watching his TED talk, I went ahead and listened to all the music that AIVA has created on its SoundCloud channel and was truly blown away. Not only is the music of the highest quality but is mostly able to make me feel the way it is supposed to make me feel.
Listen to the soundtrack on Soundcloud here.
The question then to ask is what will be the role of musicians if this kind of artificial intelligence becomes widely used in commercial settings?
