{"id":6775,"date":"2022-08-23T07:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/rappers-delight-or-weapons-grade-nonsense-the-app-that-uses-ai-to-help-mcs-bust-a-rhyme\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T07:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:37:29","slug":"rappers-delight-or-weapons-grade-nonsense-the-app-that-uses-ai-to-help-mcs-bust-a-rhyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/rappers-delight-or-weapons-grade-nonsense-the-app-that-uses-ai-to-help-mcs-bust-a-rhyme\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper\u2019s delight or weapons-grade nonsense? The app that uses AI to help MCs bust a rhyme"},"content":{"rendered":"

New tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer\u2019s rubbish rhymes?<\/p>\n

I may be many things, but I\u2019m not a rapper. I discover this when I\u2019m asked to freestyle a few verses on a visit to London\u2019s Abbey Road recording studios. Immediately lines from famous rappers flood into my head \u2013 some classic Biggie, a few Young Thug yelps, the theme to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air \u2013 but I\u2019ve got to think up something original.<\/p>\n

Out of desperation, I decide to rap about my morning routine. Adopting a slow pace and simple rhyme scheme that even the Sugarhill Gang would disdain, I begin: \u201cI wake up at seven and I brush my teeth.\u201d Already I am at a loss. What rhymes with \u201cteeth\u201d? Panicking, I look at the computer in front of me, which is running a demo of iRap, AI software built to assist lyric writing in real time. It has been transcribing my words and offers possible rhymes I might want to use: \u201cheath, sheath, underneath\u201d. Could that work? \u201cMake a bacon sandwich, put some cheese underneath,\u201d I sigh. I have fallen short of even my own low standards.<\/p>\n

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\nNew tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer\u2019s rubbish rhymes?
\nI may be many things, but I\u2019m not a rapper. I discover this when I\u2019m asked to freestyle a few verses on a visit to London\u2019s Abbey Road recording studios. Immediately lines from famous rappers flood into my head \u2013 some classic Biggie, a few Young Thug yelps, the theme to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air \u2013 but I\u2019ve got to think up something original.
\nOut of desperation, I decide to rap about my morning routine. Adopting a slow pace and simple rhyme scheme that even the Sugarhill Gang would disdain, I begin: \u201cI wake up at seven and I brush my teeth.\u201d Already I am at a loss. What rhymes with \u201cteeth\u201d? Panicking, I look at the computer in front of me, which is running a demo of iRap, AI software built to assist lyric writing in real time. It has been transcribing my words and offers possible rhymes I might want to use: \u201cheath, sheath, underneath\u201d. Could that work? \u201cMake a bacon sandwich, put some cheese underneath,\u201d I sigh. I have fallen short of even my own low standards. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer\u2019s rubbish rhymes? I may be many things, but I\u2019m not a rapper. I discover this when I\u2019m asked to freestyle a few verses on a visit to London\u2019s Abbey Road recording studios. …<\/p>\n

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