July 08, 2019

An AI created over 300 faux DJ names and releases

Berliner Ollie Holmberg has created an AI that generated DJ and record names from Berlin's Hard Wax Record Shop, Electronic Beats reports. So, this is his explanation why he did it: “The end of the Anthropocene (near-term human extinction) our civilisation and the biosphere aren’t going to collapse evenly in space or at a single point in time in some biblical way. We must be flexible, adaptable and mobile. In preparing for the decades to come we must harden our bodies and minds, acquire skills in primitive living, permaculture, community, medicine and so on. But until the shit hits the fan it’s probably wise to also play along with the primary narrative. Which currently I’d say is the impending automation of most human labor by AI type systems. By doing data scraping/analysis and AI type hobby projects like the Berghain Sets data, the Hardwax Common Words data and now this, I’m gradually equipping myself skill-wise for near-term survival. That the subject of the homework is electronic dance music is merely incidental to my own proximity to it.” All clear? Some of the names his AI has come up with: Royeni, Jazzy, Sul Ble, Esce, Sixicane, Hynis...