The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will host a popup summit this weekend on how artificial intelligence impacts the music industry. AlgoRhythms:The World of Music and AI is scheduled for March 29 and 30 at IU Bloomington.
The summit is in partnership that extends from IU through the Bloomington community. The IU Maurer School of Law, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering collaborated on the summit, in addition to local businesses in the creative community such as the Dimension Mill and Rock Paper Scissors.
“Because music and tech is so interdisciplinary, and there's so much going on, that's moving in so many different directions, I thought it would be exciting and useful and interesting to bring in as many partners as possible,” said event organizer Alain Barker, the director of the Jacobs School of Music's Office of Entrepreneurship and Career development.
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Barker said the event focuses on how the creative space is emerging in relation to AI - not on the fear AI could replace what creatives do.
“It’s this generative technology that is fundamentally different from so much of what we've experienced in the past. And truly, it's going to affect just about every aspect of what we do in the music world,” Barker said. “From the way that we create music, from the way that we distribute music, from the way that we maybe even use it as a tool to develop things that we're currently doing ourselves. It's really just going to fundamentally change the way that we are operating within the music world over the next … 10 to 15 years.”
The event will feature four panel discussions with industry experts from around the world. They’ll discuss topics such as AI tools for artists, copyright law, and how creativity can emerge from AI.
“Each panel is going to be represented by individuals who are pretty much at the leading edge of the different questions that we have about AI,” Barker said.
The summit also includes performances, networking opportunities, and poster sessions with students at the Jacobs School. It’s free to attend in person or virtually via Zoom. It will also be livestreamed.
“The thing that is incredibly exciting, and I think what is hopefully going to be revealed by this summit, is how spectacular AI can be as a generative tool, as a creative partner, as a co-pilot for advancing creative ideas,” Barker said.
