Minds, machines, and centralization: AI and music

Far from the liberated playground the Internet once promised, online connectivity now threatens to give us mainly pre-programmed culture. As we continue reflections on AI from CTM Festival in Berlin, here’s an essay from this year’s program.

A look at AI’s strange and dystopian future for art, music, and society

Machine learning and new technologies could unlock new frontiers of human creativity – or they could take humans out of the loop, ushering in a new nightmare of corporate control. Or both.

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2018

Patchstorage is a friendly site packed with free visual and music patches

Patching music and visuals is fun, but it helps to learn from other people. With everything from apps (Audulus) to modulars (Softube, VCV Rack) to code and free software (Pd, SuperCollider, Bela), patchstorage is like a free social network for actually making stuff.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2018

The best news for iOS, macOS musicians and artists from WWDC

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2018

Apple to open source, cross-platform GPU tech: drop dead?

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2018

Speaking in signal, across the divide between video and sound: SIGINT

Peter Kirn - May 16, 2018

How to try GPU-accelerated live visuals in a few steps, for free

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2018

Adobe drops QuickTime support, as visual artists look for a solution

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2018

Inside a new immersive AV system, as Brian Eno premieres it in Berlin

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2018

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