As an Artist, AI Is Your Assistant, Not Your Competitor!
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Argues that AI is an assistant, not a replacement, by showing working setups: p5.js visualiser driven by live MIDI/OSC, TidalCycles patterns reproduced in Strudel (JS port of TidalCycles), and SuperCollider/SuperDirt for synth output. Demonstrations include a 12-step Steve Reich clapping pattern reproduced (shifted 12 times), Euclidean and prime-duration sequencers, and a ChatGPT-generated p5.js visualization that needs a manual Z-order fix. Live guitar→MIDI→visuals pipeline runs in real time but requires human tuning and code edits to be reliable.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Art and tech merging
- 2:11AI in text, image, sound
- 4:44AI images and copyright
- 8:39AI art ethics
- 12:02AI in music
- 12:26Live coding environments
- 14:35Tidal Cycles basics
- 17:08Live demo: Tidal patterns
- 19:20ChatGPT + Tidal Cycles
- 21:06Rhythms in Tidal Cycles
- 22:34Strudel introduction
- 23:16Practicing rhythms in Strudel
- 25:37Strudel exercises
- 26:22Recreating track in Strudel
- 27:29Strudel pattern experiments
- 28:11MIDI from Strudel
- 30:16AI visuals with ChatGPT
- 31:21Refining AI visuals
- 33:43Guitar to MIDI visuals
- 35:13AI as assistant
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