{"id":56998,"date":"2024-09-05T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56998"},"modified":"2024-09-06T23:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:33:38","slug":"the-images-that-artificial-intelligence-creates-about-songs-that-talk-about-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/05\/the-images-that-artificial-intelligence-creates-about-songs-that-talk-about-places\/","title":{"rendered":"The images that artificial intelligence creates about songs that talk about places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly used tool for all kinds of things, even for art.<\/p>\n

The work of J.R.R. Tolkien in the form of Byzantine icons thanks to artificial intelligence<\/a><\/rel>
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As I am a big music fan, I came up with a little experiment to answer this question: How does artificial intelligence interpret the lyrics of a song?<\/strong> I chose several songs in different languages \u200b\u200bthat talk about different places, some real and some fictional. For this test I used the website Openart.ai<\/a>, which allows you to make some adjustments. I did several tests of each song and finally I kept the image of each one.<\/p>\n

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J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Old Walking Song'<\/big><\/p>\n

I told you about this Tolkien poem here six years ago<\/a>. It's my favourite poem by this author, so it was logical to start with this topic. This poem is what Bilbo sings when he begins his journey to Rivendell<\/strong>, a poem about roads and what awaits you on them. I have put the entire version that appears in \"The Fellowship of the Ring\" and the artificial intelligence has interpreted it that way. I really liked the result<\/strong>. It seems that at any moment a Nazg\u00fbl is going to appear riding a black horse.<\/p>\n

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John Denver, 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'<\/big><\/p>\n

Now for a classic of country music by John Denver<\/a>, his famous song about West Virginia. I've included the first two verses<\/strong>, so as not to overwhelm the artificial intelligence with too much detail. I've never been there, so I'll leave it up to you to judge.<\/p>\n

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AC\/DC, 'Highway to Hell'<\/big><\/p>\n

From a country classic we move on to a hard rock classic, the most famous AC\/DC song<\/a>. The artificial intelligence has returned several images that best reflect the concept of the road. I have chosen this one. I guess the artificial intelligence has understood that the best way to beat hell is to drive in the right lane of an American highway in the wrong direction<\/strong>, hehe.<\/p>\n

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Los Limones, 'Ferrol'<\/big><\/p>\n

Being Galician, I couldn't miss this beautiful 1992 song by Los Limones dedicated to the city of Ferrol<\/a>, a song that makes many Galicians nostalgic<\/strong>. The result didn't convince me much... I haven't been to Ferrol for a few years but I don't remember it exactly like that. \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n

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Los Secretos, 'La calle del olvido'<\/big><\/p>\n

We continue with Spanish pop, in this case with a sad song from Los Secretos from 1989<\/a>, sung by the late Enrique Urquijo<\/strong>. Of all the images I have obtained in this experiment with artificial intelligence, this is one of the most fascinating.<\/p>\n

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Rosal\u00eda de Castro, 'Paseni\u00f1o, paseni\u00f1o'<\/big><\/p>\n

Now let's move on to a song in Galician, a poem by Rosal\u00eda de Castro<\/a> that was set to music by Amancio Prada<\/a>. A song that I really like and that talks about a woman who walks alone and sad as night falls, watching the Moon rise in the sky. The woman walks towards the parish of Bastavales<\/strong>, in Bri\u00f3n (La Coru\u00f1a). The interpretation of artificial intelligence seemed curious to me.<\/p>\n

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Mina, 'Citt\u00e0 vuota'<\/big><\/p>\n

Me gusta mucho la m\u00fasica pop italiana de la d\u00e9cada de 1960 y no pod\u00eda faltar en este experimento. He elegido una canci\u00f3n de la cantante Mina, \"Citt\u00e0 vuota\"<\/a> (Ciudad vac\u00eda). Habla sobre una mujer que camina por una ciudad llena de gente, pero a ella le parece vac\u00eda<\/strong> porque s\u00f3lo quiere ver volver a su hombre amado. Me ha parecido curioso que la inteligencia artificial me muestre una imagen en blanco y negro. \u00bfSabr\u00eda que le hab\u00eda pedido una canci\u00f3n de la d\u00e9cada de 1960?<\/p>\n

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J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Treebeard's song'<\/big><\/p>\n

Let us now return to Tolkien and \"The Lord of the Rings\". One of his poems that I like best is Treebeard's Song, in which he speaks with nostalgia about the places he visited in the past<\/strong>, in each season of the year, when the sea had not yet swallowed up the lands of Beleriand. I have tried this song twice, since it speaks of different places and at different times of the year. The Tolkien Ensemble did an excellent version of this song<\/a>, with Christopher Lee as vocalist. Above these lines you can see the image of Dorthonion in winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And here you can see the part about summer in Ossiriand.<\/strong> I really liked both of them, so I did a third test.<\/p>\n

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This time we see the image alluding to the final part of the song, which speaks of Fangorn Forest<\/strong>, Treebeard's home during the events narrated in \"The Lord of the Rings.\" It was hard for me to decide between the four images generated because they were all very good.<\/p>\n

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J.R.R. Tolkien, 'In Durin's Day'<\/big><\/p>\n

We continue with Tolkien's work, but this time with a song of dwarves, \"In Durin's Day\", which I already told you about here<\/a>. It is one of my favorite songs from the album released by Brocel\u00efande in 1996, covering Tolkien's poems. The interpretation of the artificial intelligence is impressive.<\/p>\n

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J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Misty Mountains'<\/big><\/p>\n

Another dwarf song from Tolkien's work<\/a>, this time from \"The Hobbit.\" Peter Jackson included a very good version in his trilogy about this work. Artificial intelligence has given me four very good images and I have chosen this one.<\/p>\n

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J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Song of Gondor'<\/big><\/p>\n

Yet another Tolkien poem, published in The Lord of the Rings, about the city of Minas Tirith, the capital of the kingdom of Gondor. The Tolkien Ensemble made a musical version that I really like<\/a>. The artificial intelligence was only able to give me one image with a white tree<\/strong> (the others showed golden trees). I liked it, although the tree should have been inside the walls.<\/p>\n

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Naomi Shemer, 'Yerushalayim Shel Zahav'<\/big><\/p>\n

Let's move on to a song in Hebrew that I told you about here<\/a>, written by Naomi Shemer in 1967 and that I particularly like. It's a beautiful description of the city of Jerusalem.<\/strong> In this case, artificial intelligence has had it easy.<\/p>\n

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Ultravox, 'Vienna'<\/big><\/p>\n

I'll end with a famous song by Ultravox, Midge Ure's band<\/a>. It was released in 1980 and talks about the Austrian capital in winter. Artificial intelligence has made a very literal interpretation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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