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Jan 2024
19m 44s

Is artificial intelligence the future of...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Artificial intelligence is no longer a fantasy of the future, especially in the music world. Music professionals are already calling it the next tech revolution. But how will the industry and the artists adapt? 

In this episode:

  • Ben Camp (@BenCampMusic), Associate Professor of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Shrijan Pandey, Sarí el-Khalili and our host Malika Bilal. Ashish Malhotra and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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