Lupe Fiasco is a Grammy-award winning rapper who has been credited as a pioneer of the conscious hip hop movement which focuses on social issues. With a big emphasis on lyrics, he views hip-hop as a medium for storytelling. He calls himself "a rapper, professor and friend of words. I'm a data gathering machine".
Take this video with a grain of salt. It is an unapologetic promotional video for a suite of Google AI products called TextFX. In it he positions Large Language Models (ChatGPT is a LLM) as valuable creative partners. And, he's a great salesperson. He starts by reminding us that "rap was born out of technology", that technology is deep in rap's DNA. From direct drive turntables through limitless tracks and plug-ins that can mimic any sound, "a lot of science, and a lot of math, and a lot of physics create the sound that rap takes as its own."
He articulates how Large Language Models help him go deeper with words, rhyme and meaning. He says "These tools, they generate similes, they create acronyms, they parse words. It's an entire suite of different kind of possibilities dealing with text and language."
Video: Rapper x Large Language Models | Google Lab Sessions
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