“The artist and musician uses machine learning to make strange, playful work. She also advocates for artists’ autonomy in a world shaped by A.I.
Holly+ represents the future that Herndon and Dryhurst anticipate for music, art, and literature: a world of “infinite media,” in which anyone can adjust, adapt, or iterate on the work, talents, and traits of others. The two refer to the process of generating new media this way as “spawning”—an act they distinguish from well-known forms of allusion such as sampling, pastiche, collage, and homage. -Anna Wiener”