About this episode

In this episode, Larry explores the creation of 'Starfire Symphony' through a human-plus-machine workflow.

Larry plugged a guitar into an algorithm and Starfire Symphony came out the other side. In this episode we premiere the track, unpack the human-plus-machine workflow behind it, and see what happens when a jam session takes a detour through AI. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Starfire Symphony (song) Kits.ai | AI vocal generation Our agreement with the Department of War | OpenAI PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/03/10/starfire-symphony/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

People in this episode

Host: Larry

Topics covered

• AI
• music
• technology
• collaboration
• algorithm
• jam session

Keywords

• Starfire Symphony
• AI music
• algorithm
• jam session
• Kits.ai
• OpenAI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kits.ai, OpenAI, Department of War

Books & works: Starfire Symphony

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