My guest today is musician and inventor of experimental musical instruments and musical robots, Gil Weinberg. Weinberg is a professor of musical technology at Georgia Tech and founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.

In this interview, we spoke about:

• Shimon, the incredible robot that can sing, improvise, write music and more

• How algorithms are implemented in Shimon

• Working with drummer Jason Barnes to develop his prosthetic hand that allowed him to play the drums again • Finding patterns in music

• Defining rules over data to allow it to be meaningful

• How Gil resets his mind to allow for a fresh perspective on problems

• How Machine Learning is used to train, for example, Shimon

• The Game of Life and how it can be used to create music

Listen to Shimon Sings on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/49mqgxoLXFGP5NnBB5PQAU?si=QXBCoWCrQJaCX8WmIZ-skA