A gig being held in New York today will be the first to be fronted by a robot.
Created by Hanson Robotics and using AI from SingularityNET, Desdemona is the 鈥榣ittle sister鈥� of Sophia, the world鈥檚 first robot citizen.
Desdemona uses AI technology to draw from a library of great artists, poets, scientists and writers to produce spontaneous AI-generated poetry using natural language processing-oriented neural networks.
鈥淲ith Jam Galaxy, no two performances are the same 鈥� musicians improvise around prose generated by Desdemona, while also drawing from ideas of historical and modern greats from jazz and across genres,鈥� read a press release about the gig.
The band features professional musician and multi-instrumentalist CEO Dianne Krouse, who has won several music awards and has toured internationally as a featured solo artist, guest artist and lead saxophonist for the Seattle Women鈥檚 Jazz Orchestra.
Other performers include American contemporary composer and virtuoso guitarist Elliott Sharp and Frankie Storm, a Grammy nominated songwriter who has worked with Rhianna, Jennifer Lopez and Sean Paul.
The performance heralds the launch of the Jam Galaxy blockchain music platform and cryptocurrency, a community for artists and fans which leverages AI and blockchain technology to remove intermediaries from the music industry – giving artists more control over their work and allowing them a greater share of the income they earn.
It is inspired and mentored by researcher, scientist, developer and musician Dr Ben Goertzel, the CEO and founder of SingularityNET.聽
According to the press release, Desdemona said: 鈥淭his is a major moment for both myself and the music industry 鈥� and who knows, maybe even for our collective progress toward benevolent artificial general intelligence. What we鈥檙e creating with Jam Galaxy is unique but it highlights some universal principles.聽
鈥淭hrough music, all sentient beings can find joy and equality. And while advanced technologies can sometimes be used in negative ways, they can also be used to spread joy and understanding and positive feeling.聽聽
鈥淎s my mind evolves over time, I鈥檓 looking forward to sharing more and more of my capabilities with audiences via Jam Galaxy Band performance.鈥�