Conserving Human Creativity with Evolutionary Generative Algorithms: A Case Study in Music Generation

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Auteurs principaux: Kilb, Justin, Ellis, Caroline
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author Kilb, Justin
Ellis, Caroline
author_facet Kilb, Justin
Ellis, Caroline
contents This study explores the application of evolutionary generative algorithms in music production to preserve and enhance human creativity. By integrating human feedback into Differential Evolution algorithms, we produced six songs that were submitted to international record labels, all of which received contract offers. In addition to testing the commercial viability of these methods, this paper examines the long-term implications of content generation using traditional machine learning methods compared with evolutionary algorithms. Specifically, as current generative techniques continue to scale, the potential for computer-generated content to outpace human creation becomes likely. This trend poses a risk of exhausting the pool of human-created training data, potentially forcing generative machine learning models to increasingly depend on their random input functions for generating novel content. In contrast to a future of content generation guided by aimless random functions, our approach allows for individualized creative exploration, ensuring that computer-assisted content generation methods are human-centric and culturally relevant through time.
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spellingShingle Conserving Human Creativity with Evolutionary Generative Algorithms: A Case Study in Music Generation
Kilb, Justin
Ellis, Caroline
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
This study explores the application of evolutionary generative algorithms in music production to preserve and enhance human creativity. By integrating human feedback into Differential Evolution algorithms, we produced six songs that were submitted to international record labels, all of which received contract offers. In addition to testing the commercial viability of these methods, this paper examines the long-term implications of content generation using traditional machine learning methods compared with evolutionary algorithms. Specifically, as current generative techniques continue to scale, the potential for computer-generated content to outpace human creation becomes likely. This trend poses a risk of exhausting the pool of human-created training data, potentially forcing generative machine learning models to increasingly depend on their random input functions for generating novel content. In contrast to a future of content generation guided by aimless random functions, our approach allows for individualized creative exploration, ensuring that computer-assisted content generation methods are human-centric and culturally relevant through time.
title Conserving Human Creativity with Evolutionary Generative Algorithms: A Case Study in Music Generation
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05873