Maestro

‘Oppenheimer’ receives 13 Oscar nominations

The portrait of the father of the atomic bomb was followed by Poor Thing and Killers of the Flower Moon, in terms of nominations

Paul Ramon
Andrew Marszal

3 min read

Is this the beginning of the end of all human-created art? This is the question implied by Vulane Mthembu’s AI album Nguni Machina. (Photo by: Kgune Dlamini)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

25 MAY 2021

Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology encroaches on the human touch in Nguni Machina

The metric of success for Vulane Mthembu’s Nguni Machina won’t be how many people stream it, but if listeners can’t tell if the music was made by artificial intelligence

Penny Youngleson

4 min read