“Machine learning, dream merchant”
That’s a line from Canadian electronic hip-hop artist Cadence Weapon’s song “My Computer” from his latest album ROLLERCOASTER. Cadence Weapon, also known as Rollie Pemberton, has been experimenting with computers to make music for decades. That’s why Pemberton is the perfect person to read Nick Hilden’s story “Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans,” about how we think about creative collaborations with artificial intelligence.