BlahBlahCafe - Jean-Michel Jarre forum

Sorry if posted elsewhere. I'm too lazy to look.

From a recent interview:

Do you have a new album in the works?

"Yes, I actually have two different projects coming to celebrate the 50th anniversary of my career. So, we are doing something quite special. It’s a kind of “best of” with a lot of exciting things. I wanted to do it by myself. And then I’m going to put out a new album by the end of the year. The theme is artificial intelligence. I’m quite convinced that in the next two decades, you’ll have machines that are able to create movies, book, novels, or music in an original way, not only copying. So, it’s going to change entirely a perspective in how we position ourselves as artists regarding creativity and creations. So, I’m very interested in all this."

Full interview:

http://www.idolator.com/7678512/coachel ... w?chrome=1

Already posted here on the forum:
http://www.zoolook.nl/forum/viewtopic.p ... 7&start=45

yeah, but two new albums warrants a new topic, I think.

Now that's good news, but seriously ... why does JMJ have to be the next one to jump on the AI bandwagon?
That's gotta be *the* most overrated technology buzzword of the early 21st century.
We already have one group of people scared out of their wits by the thought of machines out-thinking humans, and on the other side people gearing up to practically worship their new AI overlords.
The truth being, as usual, in the middle but nowhere near as headline-grabbing...

As much as I love the guy, I'll believe it when I see (or technically hear I guess) it