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Artificial intelligence
Left to our own devices: The state of creative AI tools for artists
May 20 2022
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are ushering in a whole new paradigm for music-making, where automated processes and tools are aiming to augment or even replace fundamental compositional and engineering skills.
DAO updates
The Water & Music Academy: An experiment in community-driven media education
May 20 2022
Currents
Currents: New investments in AI music tools and music NFT platforms (despite the market slump)
May 11 2022
Web3
Music NFT sales in 2021: What we learned
May 06 2022
Quote of the Week
“It’s up to us — people — to say how far the machine should go in terms of making decisions. In the case of the music space, far from being a threat, AI can enhance human decision-making in ways that just weren’t possible before.”
— Alejandro Koretzky, Head of AI and ML at Splice
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