As much as possible, the AI and human DJs perform under similar conditions. The AI system not only performs digitally, but it daringly uses real vinyl records and turntables. By using vinyl records and turntables, the AI system does not use a database to search for music instantly. Therefore, it does not have data “on-hand” such as a genre of song, artist name, tempo, release year, etc.
Rather, the AI listens to the songs played by the human DJ, detects the tempo, judges the genre, and processes other information on the spot. Following this, the AI chooses the next record to be played. Of course, since the AI does not have a physical body it cannot set the new record on the turntable, so we help it a little bit. After loading, the AI begins to adjust the tempo of next song to the tempo of the song currently played by controlling the pitch of the turntable.
In Back to Back, the AI occasionally chooses songs we do not expect. It is selected by an intelligence and logic di erent from humans. Sometimes the selection suits the atmosphere very well, but at times it feels random or unexpected. Thus the purpose of our performance is to have the human audience rethink what the AI system will do next. This is the type of awareness or experience we wish to co-create with the AI system.
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