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Holly Herndon's AI Baby Sings To Her 'Godmother'

Herndon uses an artificial neural network called Spawn to reproduce voices, improvise new sounds and create unnervingly beautiful new pieces of music.
Holly Herndon as seen through the artificial neural network of her "AI baby," a program called Spawn.

investigates and humanizes technology through music that sounds both intimate and alien. If we're going to put ourselves into a digital realm, she wants to communicate instead of succumb to our darkest fears surrounding artificial intelligence. On 2012's and especially 2015's , Herndon

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