Touch Intelligence

Keywords: Futurity, Making, Ethics, AI, Physical Interaction 

Touch Intelligence is an innovative music creation tool that combines physical interaction with artificial intelligence. This project represents a shift in the concept of making, as it enables a new mode of co-creation between humans and AI. In this system, part of the music creation process is controlled by the user through physical inputs, while the other part is driven by AI, which generates personalized compositions in real-time based on these inputs. This new way of making lowers the barrier to entry for music creation, allowing people without professional music training to participate. By democratizing the creative process, Touch Intelligence makes making more inclusive and diverse, giving more individuals the opportunity to express themselves through music. The collaborative nature of this approach also raises important ethical questions about authorship and control, as part of the creation is relinquished to AI. However, this shift also ensures that making becomes more accessible and equitable, allowing a wider range of voices to contribute to the creative landscape. 

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Wang, D., Churchill, E., Maes, P., Fan, X., Shneiderman, B., Shi, Y. and Wang, Q., 2020, April. From human-human collaboration to Human-AI collaboration: Designing AI systems that can work together with people. In Extended abstracts of the 2020 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 1-6). 

Couto, L. (n.d.) Lucas Couto – Portfolio. Available at: https://www.behance.net/lucascouto (Accessed: 2 February 2024). 

Touch Intelligence, 3D prints

Assemble Process, 3D prints

Functional Prototype, Raspberry Pi, Suno AI

User Testing, Raspberry Pi, Suno AI