MusICA Seminar: Julian Parker – Recent advances in generative modelling of musical audio

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Speaker: Julian Parker (Stability AI)
Title: Recent advances in generative modelling of musical audio
Date: June 2024

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Abstract:
Designing systems which can autonomously generate music is an activity that dates back to classical antiquity, and has received much attention over the years in both the artistic and scientific communities. However such systems were usually limited to a narrow aesthetic scope, either by necessity or design (or both). The recent surge of advancements in generative AI has opened the door to the existence of systems that can generate musical audio with a much wider gamut of aesthetics, encompassing a large part of the range of human musical practice. In this talk I give an overview of the techniques used to construct such systems, examine their current strengths and weaknesses, and share my opinion on the future of this technology – particularly in its relationship to human creativity.