For the Interaction Design class, I chose the article “COSMIC: A Conversational Interface for Human-AI Music Co-Creation” by Yixiao Zhang, Gus Xia, Mark Levy, and Simon Dixon as artificial intelligence is becoming more and more involved in our everyday lives.
The article describes the software COSMIC, developed as an interface for the creation of music between humans and AI. The AI assistant provides the user with musical ideas, which are developed and refined during communication. The machine learning model is based on a large data base and learns to generate new ideas while using the system. The idea is finally presented to the user and adapted to the user’s preferences by feedback from the user.
The interface has a very clean design and is divided into the five categories:
- message tabs
- status panel
- conversation panel
- input panel
- preview panel
The interface has a minimalistic design with a clear structure. The design resembles already known platforms and the used icons are clear and easy to understand.
Without going into the technical details, the system is based on the following architecture.
In my opinion, the system arouses my interest to test it. Especially as a person who has no musical background, I can imagine getting a simplified and explorative generation of music ideas in it.
Sources:
COSMIC: A Conversational Interface for Human-AI Music Co-Creation
by Yixiao Zhang, Gus Xia, Mark Levy, and Simon Dixon
