Since there are up to ten times more coding jobs than there are computer science graduates, Silicon Valley companies like Facebook and IBM are promoting the use of open source code to allow young people to teach themselves coding skills. This freedom helped inspire West Virginia teen Robbie Barrat, who created an open source system that recites Kanye West lyrics.
According to an article on Quartz, Barrat once got into an argument with his high school programming club, wondering if AI could ever be better than the human brain. He tried to prove that it could by creating a neural network that raps Kanye West lyrics. The AI draws from Kanye’s discography, creating new rhymes with lyrics from songs like “Gone,” “All Falls Down,” and more:
Barrat is an entirely self-taught coder, using open-source software and the internet to guide him. He actually completed the Kanye West project in a single afternoon.
You can check out the Quartz article here and catch up on Kanye’s discography on Genius now.
