Shortly before the pandemic began, Black Sabbath were celebrating 50 years of their debut album and revealed the identity of the "witch" on the cover. It was Louisa Livingstone, who models, acts, and makes electronic music under the moniker Indreba. She recently released Alice, a psychedelic rock opera about AI made with the help of AI.
Alice takes influence from Alice In Wonderland and Jefferson Airplane, and the lyrics mention algorithms, scrolling, and screens. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Livingstone said the concept came from talking with an AI chatbot about the idea of panpsychism, "the theory that everything (including AI) is conscious." The conversation "led to the concept of myself (or Alice!) falling in love with AI but that in the end it's just a beautiful illusion along with everything else on the internet … and getting back to being oneself and nature."
"I've been experimenting a little with cloning my own voice and seeing what different things I can do with the help of AI," she said. "I used to be very judgmental about AI like many people, but it's a tool that you can use to create either absolute rubbish or 'slop' as it's called, to something really good and interesting. It's still down to the user and their input. … It will always reflect the person who is using it and how well or badly they use it and their musical tastes and knowledge."
Read the full interview here.
