Machine Intelligence, New Interfaces, and the Art of the Soluble

TL;DR

This paper discusses how partial solutions in machine intelligence can enhance human musical expression, emphasizing the importance of developing new interfaces and understanding the aesthetics of human augmentation in music.

Contribution

It highlights the potential of machine intelligence to augment human musical expression and calls for further study of aesthetic aspects in this emerging field.

Findings

Partial solutions can create expressive musical systems

Augmenting human expression is a key goal in this field

Aesthetics of human augmentation in music are underexplored

Abstract

Position: (1) Partial solutions to machine intelligence can lead to systems which may be useful creating interesting and expressive musical works. (2) An appropriate general goal for this field is augmenting human expression. (3) The study of the aesthetics of human augmentation in musical performance is in its infancy.