Magenta
product on 3 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 19 times in 5 episodes since 2017
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 17 
Cheeky Pint 1 
David Senra 1
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Sloan: Google Magenta is one of few groups doing creative AI right
“I actually think, I think they're one of the sort of the few people slash groups that are doing it right. People on the podcast should know I'm making air quotes, doing it right. And that's only to say they're super competent technically and interested in kind…”
Eck: Magenta aims to build creative tools, not act as artists
“The reason that I put that quote there, I think, is to be honest with the division between engineering and research and artistry, and to not think that what I'm doing is being a machine learning artist, but we're trying to build interesting ways to make new ki…”
Eck: Magenta's generated AI music is not yet good enough for testing
“I, at least for Magenta, I haven't felt like the quality of what we've been generating has been good enough to bother, so to speak. Like you find it, you cherry pick, you find some good things, you're like, okay, this model trains, and it's interesting, and no…”