948: In Case You Missed It in November 2025
In this November episode of “In Case You Missed It” series, Jon Krohn selects his favorite clips from the month. Hear from Shirish Gupta and Tyler Cox (Episode 939), Vikoy Pandey (Episode 941), Marc Dupuis (Episode 937), and Maya Ackerman (Episode 943) on getting back to human motivation and the importance of evaluating the tools and data we use.
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943: Creative Machines: AI in Music and Art, with Prof. Maya Ackerman
Creative human-AI partnerships and AI-generated music: WaveAI CEO and co-founder Maya Ackerman speaks with Jon Krohn about learning to see – and accept – AI’s potential as a creative partner in a human-centric, AI-forward future. Listen to the episode to hear Maya Ackerman discuss reframing hallucination as a creative force, her work at WaveAI, and how to push the boundaries of creativity using generative AI.
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In this episode you will learn:
(05:20) Maya’s challenge to anthropocentrism
(19:26) How to compose music with AI
(28:13) How to invest in creative empowerment
(32:18) How to produce genuinely creative artworks through AI
(44:58) The future of GenAI
Maya Ackerman on LyricStudio, an AI-Based Writing Songwriting Assistant - Ep. 153
Lennon and McCartney. Ashford and Simpson. Many of our all-time favorite tunes have come from songwriting duos. Now, anyone can find a snazzy compositional partner in AI.
Maya Ackerman is the CEO of WaveAI, a Silicon Valley startup using AI and machine learning to, as the company motto puts it, “unlock new heights of human creative expression.”
She spoke with NVIDIA AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about WaveAI’s LyricStudio software, an AI-based lyric and poetry writing assistant.
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/10/06/lyricstudio-ai-podcast/