Creating human music in an AI environment.

Ge Wang is an associate professor at Stanford University whose main research interest is in the computational composition of music. He claims that most people do not appreciate the depth and intricacies of the interplay of computers, music, and people. Ge heads a group called the Laptop Orchestra.

These musicians use laptops to generate a wide range of sounds. He is also a co-founder of a company that develops innovative music applications called Smule. In addition, Wang is the creator of a revolutionary programming language called Chuck, which enables users to write program codes that can be converted into sounds, thus enriching their creativity in music. 

Wang looks into the prospects of AI-generated music in the most recent episode of The Vergecast. Strikingly, he argues for the need to teach students how to play with technology instead of only focusing on its mastery. This helps channel creativity and encourages students to take risks in order to reimagine music’s possibilities.

Finally, Wang expresses his opinion on how the tool makers of music need to also shift their paradigms, especially now that AI is an everyday thing.

In the course of the dialogue, they explore the concept of creativity in times where, more often than not, technology is geared towards making life easier and simpler. Wang poses some very pertinent questions, such as, should the aim of all technology be to make everything exhaustion-free, and what happens to people’s efforts in the work they do? He even appreciates the obstacles and hard work as a source of satisfaction that in turn brings out growth. Essentially, it is an interesting and stimulating conversation that compels the audience to think about how technology and creativity are intertwined within them.

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