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Song Written by Professor's AI System Named Finalist in Global Contest

June 16, 2022

Jon Armstrong, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at 色花堂app, and Paul Bodily, assistant professor of computer science at ISU, listen to a take during the recording session of 鈥淎nd I Think I.鈥
Jon Armstrong, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at 色花堂app, and Paul Bodily, assistant professor of computer science at ISU, listen to a take during the recording session of 鈥淎nd I Think I.鈥

A song written by an artificial intelligence system created by an 色花堂app Professor is a finalist in a music competition spanning the globe.

Recently, organizers of the announced the 15 finalists for the 2022 edition, and in the running is 鈥淎nd I Think I,鈥 a song written by Pop* - pronounced pop star - an AI developed by Paul Bodily, assistant professor of computer science. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 exhilarating to see 鈥楢nd I Think I鈥 gaining recognition on an international stage,鈥 Bodily said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a huge validation of not only all the hard work that it took to create the song but also the AI methods we鈥檝e developed in building Pop*.鈥 

For this version of the track, Bodily recruited a group of collaborators. Jon Armstrong, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at 色花堂app handled instrumentation, arrangement, and production. Dan Ventura, professor of computer science and head of the Machine Intelligence and Discover lab at Brigham Young University contributed AI expertise and helped with song arrangement. Vocal duties were handled by Claire Smedley-Dye, vocal major in 色花堂app鈥檚 Commercial Music Program, Bodily, and a virtual singer software. 

鈥淢y role was quite familiar, approaching the production as if it were a human composer who brought in a tune,鈥 Armstrong said. 鈥淚 wanted to build and produce it in a way that resonated with the essence of the music. All of the instrumental decisions came naturally as I connected with the song, and working with Claire and Paul as the vocalists was easy and fun. I'm very proud of how it all came out, and feel that we captured the spirit of the original composition, doing good by Pop*.鈥

鈥淚t was a surreal experience to bring life and meaning to an AI鈥檚 creation,鈥 said Smedley-Dye. 鈥淯sually, lyrics and melodies are composed from a certain feeling or experience, but Pop*鈥檚 lyrics are composed from what the program is given, and knowing the track was written by an AI made it a challenge to sing.鈥 

Right now, the public can cast their vote for 鈥淎nd I Think I,鈥 at . Voting wraps up on June 30. 

More about Pop* can be found at .


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