Pedro with a swarm system in an XR headset. Credit: Pedro Pablo Lucas Bravo
Have you ever seen birds flying across the sky in shifting, mesmerizing patterns? Or ants using their own bodies to form a living bridge that other ants can walk across?
In nature, organisms we normally think of as simple can solve remarkably complex tasks when they act together. As a group, they can, for example, travel distances that would be impossible for a single individual.
Researchers can recreate this kind of behavior in mathematical models and algorithms to better understand how nature works. But these models can also inspire new kinds of artificial intelligence (AI) systems—including systems for making music.
"With the AI boom of the last few years, many people have become interested in how humans and machines can create music together. One way to explore this is to look at how we, as humans, can collaborate with an ensemble of AI agents," says Pedro Pablo Lucas Bravo.
