K Allado-McDowell uses AI to deepen human understanding through writing and music.
Why you should listen
Writer and musician K Allado-McDowell is the co-editor of The Atlas of Anomalous AI and has co-written three books with the computer language model GPT-3. Pharmako-AI, Amor Cringe and Air Age Blueprint all explore what's possible when we blend human and AI-generated writing. Allado-McDowell also records music under the name Qenric, and they are the mind behind the neuro-opera Song of the Ambassadors, which reimagines opera as a musical ritual that produces scientific understanding about the effects of music on body and mind.
In 2016, Allado-McDowell established the Artists + Machine Intelligence program at Google. They also educate and consult with institutions seeking to align their work with deeper traditions of human understanding.
In 2016, Allado-McDowell established the Artists + Machine Intelligence program at Google. They also educate and consult with institutions seeking to align their work with deeper traditions of human understanding.
K Allado-McDowell’s TED Talk
K Allado-McDowell, Song of the Ambassadors
Our creative relationship with AI is just beginning
9 minutes 46 secondsK Allado-McDowell has co-written three books with AI, so they speak from experience when they say that nurturing a creative relationship with these systems can open minds and make new worlds possible. Before giving the stage over to a performance of "Song of the Ambassadors" -- their otherworldly opera, also co-created with AI -- Allado-McDowell presents three principles for a future where machines preserve and even enhance what it means to be human.Posted Sep 2023
