About this episode
Hanoi Hantrakul is a musician and research scientist who works on audio and artificial intelligence. He is a former AI resident at Google working on creative applications of machine learning for music. His musical nom de plume is "Yaboi Hanoi." Project Magenta is a research group inside Google that started with a simple question: Can we use machine learning to create compelling art and enhance creative expression? As an AI expert and musician, Hanoi has worked on many different tools that expand the possibilities of musical composition. And thanks to the underlying technical innovations inside data centers, these tools are getting much better – opening the doors for musicians and non-musicians alike. Hanoi also won an international AI song contest with his composition titled “Enter Demons and Gods,” which mashed together AI instruments with musical influences from Southeast Asia. Listen to a full version of Hanoi's music, plus other AI song contest entries. Find out more information about Google's Project Magenta.