Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology encroaches on the human touch in Nguni Machina
25 May 2021
Is this the beginning of the end of all human-created art? This is the question implied by Vulane Mthembu’s AI album Nguni Machina. (Photo by: Kgune Dlamini)
A remixer and producer who has worked with the likes of Moonchild Sanelly, Spoek Mathambo, Busiswa Gqulu, MXO, and Helsinki Headnod Convention, Vulane Mthembu’s latest horizon is an experiment in how artificial intelligence (AI) and art are the new creative frontiers.
Mthembu made what is possibly an African first; the shortest (five minutes-long), fully AI-generated music album released under creative commons. He called the album
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