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Eck: Untrained listeners rated Magenta compositions as more Bach-like than Bach
“When we put these tunes out for, like, untrained listeners to listen to, they sometimes voted them as sounding more Bach-y”
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.”
Eck: Google Magenta's NSynth cannot synthesize audio in real time yet
“Right now, it's quite slow to listen, so to speak. We're not able to do things in real time.”
Eck: Google AI Duet relies on simple 2002 RNN technology
“And what I noticed, even with AI Duet, which is this like web-based, like, it's a simple RNN. It's like, I can lay claim. It's technology that was published in 2002. It's really a very simple, really simple.”
Eck: Magenta has a core API enabling real-time MIDI AI collaboration
“I think the API, the core API that allows us to move music around in real time in MIDI, and actually have a meaningful conversation between an AI model and multiple musicians is there, and there's just a bunch more thinking that needs to happen, right, to get …”