Lecture series AICA: Alex Vaughan

»AI music is cool, but isn't this a bad idea?«

A lecture showcasing Swansonic's world leading music AI programs, as well as the potential artistic implications, the challenges in developing cutting edge artistic AI systems and the ENORMOUS ethical implications in doing so.

Alex Vaughan is an Australian composer, music theorist, software developer and music AI specialist. He is the CEO of the startup music AI company 'Swansonic' and the presenter of the music theory YouTube channel 'Score Circuit'. He taught music theory at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar from 2017 to 2024.

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The lecture series of the digitization college »Artificial Intelligence in Culture and Arts« (AICA) aims to provide an overview of current projects in the field of AI in the arts. In three thematic blocks, speakers will present their own artistic works, pilot projects, business ideas and research projects. AICA is a cooperation project between the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (HMTM) and the Hochschule München (HM), funded by the Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst and coordinated by the Bayerische Forschungsinstitut für digitale Transformation (bidt).
The aim is to equip students at HMTM and HM with skills that enable them to actively shape AI-based processes in their own artistic and creative projects and to work together in interdisciplinary teams.