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Title: The Classyfier
Artist: Benedict Hubener, Stephanie Lee, Kelvyn Marte, with the help of Andreas Refsgaard
Year of Creation: 2017
Link to the Article: http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/the-classyfier-ai-detects-situation-and-appropriates-music/
The Classyfier is a machine that chooses an appropriate song that suits your mood. It does so by detecting the kind of beverages people are consuming by using the built-in microphone to catch the characteristic sounds and comparing it to the pre-trained examples (ex: clinking of the wine glasses or opening a can of beer), and the main programs used to create the algorithms were Wekinator, Processing and the OFX collection. The Classyfier will then “classify” the drinks into one of the three categories: hot beverages, wine, and beer, then it would start playing the music from the playlist that is designated to each category. The user could also knock on the table to navigate through the playlist.
It is interesting to me how machines could help us in social situations and help everything to go naturally with the flow when machines are generally expected to be a hindrance to interactions between people. It’s exciting to see how technology is getting more and more seamlessly integrated to our lives.
