Here’s What an Album Between a Musician and an “AI Baby” Sounds Like
AI Baby’s First Album
Conceptual sound artist and composer Holly Herndon released her new artificial intelligence-inspired album PROTO today. PROTO, Hedron’s fourth album, was a collaboration between Herndon and a sophisticated machine-learning program called “Spawn” — her “AI baby.”
For the track “Godmother,” Herndon collaborated with artist Jlin to have Spawn regurgitate electronic beats creating an eerie nightmarish beatboxing sound.
Interacting with Beauty
The official video for a different track called “Eternal” brings in the visual aspects of AI. It was “constructed from footage processed from the perspective of an intelligent machine, analyzing and searching for a face, yearning for a connection,” according to a press release at the time.
“I don’t want to live in a world in which humans are automated off stage,” added Herndon. “I want an A.I. to be raised to appreciate and interact with that beauty.”
READ MORE: A Chat With Holly Herndon About Making Music With AI, Artistic Necrophilia, and Embracing the Inhuman [Jezebel]
More on Herndon: Listen To An AI’s Nightmarish Beatboxing
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