It’s possible Chopin would use AI tools to work on orchestration of his pieces.

In this episode, the FLIS duo and their guests discuss Chopin (clearly!), language models, but also reggaeton, country, swing and Drake.

Can artificial intelligence be musical? How could AI tools aid the jurors or participants of the Chopin Competition? How should algorithmic work be credited in new art? Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska & Dr. Ewa Chamczyk are our guides through the world of generative artificial intelligence.

Aleksandra Przegalińska is a philosopher, the vice-rector for Innovation and AI at Kozminski University in Warsaw, a scientific advisor to CampusAI, and a Senior Research Associate at Center for Labour and Just, Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including ‘Sztuczna Inteligencja. Nieludzka, arcyludzka‘ (‘Artificial Intelligence: Inhuman, Extremely Human’) and ‘Converging Minds: The Creative Potential of Collaborative AI’ (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2024), co-authored with Tamilla Triantoro. Ewa Chamczyk is a musicologist, the co-founder and director of the publishing press AI Books by Campus AI, and an editor at ‘hAI Magazine’ – the first Polish magazine devoted to artificial intelligence.

Chapters: 

(00:00) Introduction

(01:41) Algorithm & Their Influence on Listening Practices

(06:12) AI As Jury at the Chopin Competition? 

(11:28) Is AI Musical? 

(15:48) Can ChatGPT Become a Source of Support for Contestants?

(22:20) AI-generated Music We Like 

(27:44) Forged Music & Musical Fake News 

(36:30) Crediting AI in New Art

(41:10) If Chopin Was Alive, He’d Gladly Use New Technologies and/or Produce Mazurka-based Reggaeton

Concept, production, host: Filip Lech, Izabela Smelczyńska
Jingiel: Izabela Smelczyńska
Narrators: Aleksandra Szkudłapska, Mark Bence
Translation: Natalia Sajewicz