LL COOL J sits down with James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology & Society at Google, to talk about how technology has transformed creativity over the last four decades. It's part of the Dialogues on Technology and Society series, and the conversation moves from early drum machines to the arrival of generative AI.
From drum machines to generative AI
LL looks back on his 40-year career and watches firsthand as artists' tools change. Can you imagine going from programming rhythms on hardware to generating songs with a model in the cloud? That shift isn't just technical; it's cultural.
The conversation brings up two ideas that clash and complement each other: on one hand, AI as a democratizer that lowers barriers for new creators; on the other, the need to protect the 'divine spark' that makes creativity human.
Protect the 'divine spark' that makes creativity human.
