Gil Weinberg - Creating Robots That Can Sing, Improvise and Write Music, Genetic Algorithms And The Game of Life
Description
My guest today is musician and inventor of experimental musical instruments and musical robots, Gil Weinberg. Weinberg is a professor of musical technology at Georgia Tech and founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.
In this interview, we spoke about:
• Shimon, the incredible robot that can sing, improvise, write music and more
• How algorithms are implemented in Shimon
• Working with drummer Jason Barnes to develop his prosthetic hand that allowed him to play the drums again • Finding patterns in music
• Defining rules over data to allow it to be meaningful
• How Gil resets his mind to allow for a fresh perspective on problems
• How Machine Learning is used to train, for example, Shimon
• The Game of Life and how it can be used to create music
Listen to Shimon Sings on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/49mqgxoLXFGP5NnBB5PQAU?si=QXBCoWCrQJaCX8WmIZ-skA
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