
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
Music consumers are becoming the creators with Suno CEO Mikey Shulman
May 16, 2024
Mikey Shulman, CEO and co-founder of Suno and a Harvard PhD in physics, discusses the merging worlds of music creators and consumers. He shares insights on how Suno democratizes music creation, allowing users to generate songs from text prompts. The conversation delves into challenges in evaluating music aesthetics and quality in AI, as well as surprising use cases for Suno's technology. A highlight is a live demonstration where they create a song together, showcasing AI's potential to revolutionize music production.
30:26
Episode guests
AI Summary
AI Chapters
Episode notes
Podcast summary created with Snipd AI
Quick takeaways
- Suno enables users to create songs by entering text prompts, blurring lines between music creation and consumption.
- Suno prioritizes emotional impact in music creation, fostering unique collaborative experiences and global cultural evolution.
Deep dives
SUNO - Revolutionizing AI Music Generation
SUNO, an AI music generation tool, allows users to create songs with lyrics by entering text prompts. Founded by Mikey Schulman, the company aims to democratize music production. Combining Mikey's background in music and physics, SUNO leverages transformer models and innovates in audio tokenization, prioritizing the emotional impact of music over traditional benchmarks.