Generating the Element of Harmonic Surprise with David Rosen

Inquiring Minds

Female Host, Critical Thinking, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Interview, Science, Social Sciences

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Over the years, music producers have tried to predict what audiences want to hear while at the same time advances in science and technology have taught us a lot about what happens in the brain when we listen to music that we love. Now, David Rosen, CEO and Co-founder of Secret Chord Labs, has brought these two fields together to explore the potential for artificial intelligence to generate guaranteed hits, and just what exactly that would mean for music and musicians. Listen in today as David joins the podcast to present a fascinating case study of the impact of AI or algorithms on human creativity. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringmindsSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	You and Betty and the Nancy's and Bill's and Joes and Jane's will find in the study of science
0:06.4	a richer, more rewarding life.
0:10.7	Welcome to Inquiring Minds.
0:12.7	I'm Indravis Gontas.
0:14.2	This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:17.9	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it matters.
0:22.6	There is more than what we see.
0:30.6	Welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Adravis Gontas. This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.
0:38.6	We want to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it matters. On this show,
0:43.9	we've explored how artificial intelligence affects our lives, what the future might hold and what
0:49.1	kinds of considerations we need to keep in mind as we traverse the digital age. For musicians, digital technology has
0:55.9	changed so many things, from how we learn music, to how we make music, to how we distribute
1:02.1	and perform it. And we've learned a lot about what's happening in the brain when we listen to
1:06.5	music we love. For a long time, music producers have predicted what audiences will want to hear,
1:12.2	and for better or for worse, used algorithms to generate hits. But what happens when a neuroscientist
1:18.3	teams up with a music producer? David Rosen is the CEO and co-founder of Secret Chord Labs, and his
1:25.1	scientific work has sought to figure out what is common among popular
1:28.6	songs and how they affect the brain. He's put that knowledge to work in his new venture,
1:33.9	but today we're going to talk to him primarily about a paper he recently published on harmonic
1:38.9	surprise and the role it plays in the music we love. Can he build an AI that generates guaranteed hits?
1:46.7	And what does that mean for music and musicians?
1:53.0	David Rosen, welcome to Inquiring Minds.
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