Magenta

4 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 21, 2017 by Doug Eck · said 17 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Jul 21, 2017 positive
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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…”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 1:20 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Jul 21, 2017 negative
Opinion
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…”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 5:08 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Jul 21, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Eck: As of 2017, AI cannot generate a single coherent text paragraph
“So, so everybody understands that's listening or watching, you know, we can, we can't generate a coherent paragraph, right? So, I don't mean we, magenta. I mean, kind of we, humanity.”
Doug Eck Jul 21, 2017 ▶ 25:51 Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta · Y Combinator
Nov 29, 2017 positive
Opinion
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…”
Robin Sloan Nov 29, 2017 ▶ 40:43 Microbes, Robots, and Ambition - Robin Sloan on His Novel Sourdough · Y Combinator
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