CLUBBERS will soon only have themselves to blame if they don’t like the music
they’re dancing to. Artificial intelligence experts at Hewlett-Packard have
developed a computerised DJ that uses feedback from the dancers to generate new
music.
Dave Cliff of HP’s laboratories in Bristol says that the “HPDJ” will monitor
the way dancers respond to the music and compose new tracks according to how
animated the crowd becomes.
Last year, Â鶹´«Ã½ reported on an earlier version of the HPDJ
and pitted it against a human DJ in a London venue to see how it fared with a
live audience…
