AI in the Music Industry – Part 10: François Pachet: The Continuator, Flow Machines and “Daddy’s Car”

An important pioneer in AI music creation was François Pachet, who originally worked at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris before moving to the SONY Computer Science Laboratory to experiment with AI in music improvisation. Among other things, he created the first AI that could interact with jazz musicians on stage in real time, as well as the first AI-generated pop song, “Daddy’s Car”. François Pachet’s role as a pioneer in AI music creation is highlighted in this part of the series “AI in the Music Industry”.