Participants 2024
About the TEAM
I'm Dor 32, Originally from Israel but now living in Switzerland. I'm Head of AI for a Medical device startup treating sleep-apnea. I have a strong passion for music creation and generative music. My Undergraduate was in cognitive neuroscience and my masters was in machine learning. My dream was to combine AI neuroscience and music.
About the SONG
The song is a rap battle between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar, the leaders of Israel and Palestine. As an Israeli, it pains me deeply to witness the hatred, violence, and death affecting both groups. I yearn for peace and coexistence between our nations. This song channels that hope, using the powerful medium of rap to voice the longing for harmony. In these troubled times, such a vision feels like science fiction, so I turned to AI to create this song, hoping reality will eventually follow. During the Olympic Games, we witness how adversaries can compete in non-violent and entertaining ways. This spirit of peaceful rivalry inspired me to envision a future where conflicts are resolved with words and understanding rather than violence. Through this song, I aim to spark a conversation about the possibilities of peace and the power of art and technology to inspire change.
About the HUMAN-AI PROCESS
Summary of the Human–AI Co-Creation Process Creating this song was a fascinating blend of human creativity and advanced AI tools. I aimed to produce a unique piece that combined traditional Mediterranean sounds with modern rap, reflecting a message of peace between Israel and Palestine. To start, I used Stable Audio2 and MusicLM to generate an Oud solo and Mediterranean loops, providing the melodic foundation for the track. I then used Ableton to warp and tune these elements to the same scale, ensuring musical harmony. I added my own drum rolls to give the song a strong rhythmic base. For the vocals, I utilized a text-to-speech (TTS) model hosted on Hugging Face by tonyassi/voice-clone. This allowed me to create realistic-sounding vocal lines for the rap battle between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar. I manually chopped, tuned, and warped the vocals to fit seamlessly with the instrumental track, iterating several times to refine the sound. To enhance the overall production, I ran the entire piece through Stable Audio for further improvements. However, I wasn't fully satisfied with the results, so I sought feedback from friends and made additional adjustments based on their insights. The lyrics were generated using ChatGPT-4. Initially, the song was too short, so I worked with the AI to add a powerful chorus that underscored the theme of unity and peace. This collaborative process, blending AI-generated content with human adjustments and creativity, resulted in a unique and meaningful musical piece.
Lyrics
[Benjamin Netanyahu]
Yo, it's Bibi on the mic, listen up, Sinwar,
October 7th, you took it way too far,
Terror in the night, rockets in the sky,
Innocents caught, you made mothers cry.
[Yahya Sinwar]
Sinwar in the house, I'm here to respond,
Decades of oppression, we can't just move on,
Our land, our rights, we're fighting to reclaim,
We'll resist with force, no matter the pain.
Both:
Share the land, end the fight,
Stop the killing, make it right.
Both:
Lets make peace in the middle east X3