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Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Researcher builds AI rapper to spit sick rhymes — with mixed results


A new contender has emerged for the title of best rapper alive: An AI dubbed the ‘Home-made Rap Machine. Li Yang Ku, a researcher at robotics firm Vicarious AI, trained the neural network to rap by feeding it classic lines by MCs including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg. He then entered some of his own rhymes as an input and asked it to complete the rap. Li described the results as “entertaining but with limited success,” It did show a reasonable grasp of slang, responding to the input “No rap is free, this thing cost me a fee”…

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