## Francois Pachet Head of Spotify’s Creator Technology Lab Pachet believes the problem of AI-assisted creation is solved. Don’t know exactly what he means by solved, or what the problem even is. He points four problems ahead: 1. Listeners are not rational agents 2. Creators are not rational agents 3. Unpredictability 4. Can’t remember My questions: - Would Spotify be able to use the listening data to create a model that generates songs personalised for each user, that they would absolutely love? - Is it a question of model performance or a question of interface? ## Caroline Pegram and Kartini Ludwig Daphne Oram, one of the first people playing around with ‘electronic music’. Manipulating recorded sound via a variety of operations.