August 4, 2016

How computer-assisted art will help humans embrace the rise of the robots

These robots can play any tune requested by an audience, according to their creator, Didier Jouas Poutrel. For many people, the robot-populated future is a zero-sum game; it's either going to be us or them running things. Headlines are rife with dire predictions: "Robots will take over most jobs in 30 years" and "The future has lots of robots, few jobs for humans." Even the arts aren't safe. "Computer art" (where a computer uses algorithms to create… Read More

Source: TechCrunch