AUTHOR=Vear Craig 

TITLE=Creative AI and Musicking Robots

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Robotics and AI

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.631752

DOI=10.3389/frobt.2021.631752

ISSN=2296-9144

ABSTRACT=<p>This article discusses the creative and technical approaches in a performative robot project called “<italic>Embodied Musicking Robots</italic>” (2018–present). The core approach of this project is human-centered AI (HC-AI) which focuses on the design, development, and deployment of intelligent systems that cooperate with humans in real time in a “deep and meaningful way.”<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn1"><sup>1</sup></xref> This project applies this goal as a central philosophy from which the concepts of creative AI and experiential learning are developed. At the center of this discussion is the articulation of a shift in thinking of what constitutes creative AI and new HC-AI forms of computational learning from inside the flow of the shared experience between robots and humans. The central case study (<italic>EMRv1</italic>) investigates the technical solutions and artistic potential of AI-driven robots co-creating with an improvising human musician (the author) in real time. This project is ongoing, currently at v4, with limited conclusions; other than this, the approach can be felt to be cooperative but requires further investigation.</p>