Hong Kong Baptist University unveils its first AI orchestra

Guo Yike, vice-president research and development of HKBU, speaks at the Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: International Symposium in Hong Kong. HONG KONG - Hong Kong Baptist University unveiled its first AI ensemble, the Turing Al Orchestra TAIO, which is a hybrid of artificial intelligence technology and arts.

The orchestra, using state-of-the-art AI technology, is formed by human and AI systems.

The orchestra will perform a human-machine collaborative show in Hong Kong this Christmas and travel to Europe or the United States within a year, according to Guo Yike, vice-president research and development of HKBU.

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The school held a concert on July 14, featuring a performance by a human and an AI-driven machine.

On July 14, 2022, HKBU holds a concert featuring a performance by a human and an AI-driven machine. An AI virtual choir collaborated with the HKBU Symphony OrchestraHKBU Symphony Orchestra to perform a newly arranged choral version of Pearl of the Orient, a song praising Hong Kong's beauty composed by the Taiwanese singer and songwriter Lo Ta-yu.

Guo said it was the world's first AI choir to perform a choral piece with Chinese lyrics and that his team also developed another AI artist to create visual narratives and images based on its imagination of the song's lyrics and music.

The team also trained an AI-generated dancer and programmed it with previously collected movement data. Guo said that the TAIO would use artworks to promote scientific research and use scientific research to innovate artworks, challenging or even subverting human beings current art forms.

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It puts the team's vision into practice through creative performances in active international collaboration. The TAIO will create the world's first Decentralised Autonomous Organisation ecosystem through collaboration between scientists and artists, using the use ofBlockchain technologies.

The Research Grants Council grants grants a $52.84 million $6.73 million research grant for TAIO is a critical deliverable of a 5 year research project led by Guo, called Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong.

Guo team trains an AI-generated dancer to perform a ballet dance at a concert on July 14, 2022. Guo said this is the first time that the Research Grants Council has allocated major funding for an art-tech project. The research project will also initiate an art data repository, a generative Al algorithms system, a research theatre, and some unique and creative application projects.