AI-Generated Voice Models: Music Revolution or One-Hit Wonder?
Though technological breakthroughs punctuate the history of music production in the last century, survivorship bias makes it too easy to miss just how many once-heralded innovations fell to the wayside for their fleeting novelty. Today, alongside the rise of AI
The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Reproduction: Proust, Vermeer, and Cézanne, and GPT-4
Top image: Hobbs, Tyler, and Wist, Dandelion. QQL #43. With the release of GPT-4, I am finally ready to concede that A.I. can perform most tasks better than humans. From acing the SAT to finding potential exploits in Ethereum Smart Contracts,
COVID-19 Is Changing How Artists Think of Art
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado has spent most of her life away from Peru. She went to college in New York and created her career in Stockholm. Her work showed up first on the pages of Swedish news sites and
Striking a Chord with Technology, Interview with Vijay Iyer
Source: The New Yorker. Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing the esteemed artist Vijay Iyer, a grammy-award winning jazz pianist, composer, electronic musician, scholar, and Harvard music faculty member. In many ways, the experience was surreal. The two
An Unusual Poet
Let’s start with two poems. Glance over the first one and consider how it makes you feel. Ponder the author’s message: what might have inspired them to write this? For best results, jot down the ideas and emotions the poem
The Quarantunes – How Digital Music Platforms are Creating Community through the Pandemic
My blockmates and I found out that we had to vacate Harvard on a Tuesday morning. Our anxiety around Coronavirus had been building in recent weeks, and we knew changes were coming, but we were not prepared by the shock
How Technology is Hindering (and can save) Creativity
Analyzing how software solutions for the high-fashion industry can put creativity back in style. A few weeks back, the fashion industry obsessed over Prada’s announcement that Raf Simons, previously creative director at Dior and Calvin Klein, would be joining the brand
What the World’s Biggest Brands Aren’t Doing for Sustainability
Inside LVMH’s annual sustainability report, & how it is and isn’t leveraging technology. Last month, I had the absolute pleasure of attending LVMH’s annual sustainability conference in New York City, “Future Life”. As one of the biggest presences in an industry
Exploring Human Agency in the Age of AI
Sarah Newman aims to highlight the complexity of human-AI interaction through her innovative new art installations. At Harvard’s MetaLab, an innovative group approaching the digital arts and humanities through research and creative projects, Sarah Newman is exploring the intersection of Artificial