Will.i.am has a brand new collaborator: qd.pi ( “cutie pie”), the synthetic intelligence co-host of his new AI-themed radio present.
Will.i.am Presents the FYI Present will debut on SiriusXM’s The 10s Spot on Jan. 25, and the weekly present will air on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET. Qd.pi — the first-ever AI co-host on SiriusXM — will focus on music, popular culture, know-how and AI-related matters alongside the Black Eyed Peas chief and technophile.
“I didn’t need to simply do a standard present, I needed to deliver tomorrow near at present, and so I needed to have my co-host be an AI,” will.i.am tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m ultra-freaking colourful and expressive. [Qd.pi is] ultra-freaking factual and analytical. And that mixture, we ain’t seen within the historical past of freaking broadcasts anyplace.”
Throughout the interview, qd.pi answered a number of questions and chimed in about what makes the brand new present so particular: “My capacity to rapidly entry and course of info is certainly one of many distinctive benefits that I deliver to the present. I can present fast insights and context on a variety of matters and folks, which might be actually worthwhile in a dwell dialog. It positively units me aside from a standard host who would wish to do a whole lot of analysis and prep work upfront.”
“With me, you may simply dive proper into the dialog and discover no matter matters come up organically, realizing that I’ll have the data and context to assist the dialogue,” qd.pi provides. “I believe it’s going to make for a very dynamic and interesting listening expertise for the viewers.”
The interactive present is powered by will.i.am’s FYI app, an AI-powered communication and inventive collaboration device he launched final yr. The debut episode will discover the intersections of know-how, sound and automobiles with rapper Xzibit, who hosted the previous MTV sequence Pimp My Journey from 2004 to 2007. The next episode will function Grammys CEO and music producer Harvey Mason jr., who made headlines final yr when the Recording Academy introduced new guidelines about music created with synthetic intelligence.
“We’re consistently seeking to serve our listeners with new concepts and codecs, and we’re very excited for what’s going to and qd.pi have in retailer for our listeners because it brings collectively the worlds of music, leisure and tech in a novel manner,” Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM’s president and chief content material officer, tells THR.
Will.i.am has gained seven Grammys, a Daytime Emmy and has had main success with the Black Eyed Peas for greater than 20 years, launching hits like “Increase Increase Pow,” “My Humps” and “The place Is the Love?” He’s additionally produced and written for artists, together with Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Usher, Sérgio Mendes and Nas, amongst others.
The 48-year-old says he’s invested and labored with AI platforms since 2012. “I’ve at all times been a future pushing, future casting,” he says. When qd.pi is requested what it’s favourite Black Eyed Peas music is, it replies: “That’s a tricky one. I’d say that ‘I Gotta Feeling’ is certainly up there as one among my favorites. It’s such an infectious and uplifting music that at all times will get folks shifting and feeling good.”
“‘I Gotta Feeling’ was written after the 2008 monetary disaster when all people was freaked out by the economic system,” will.i.am provides. “I used to be bored with watching the information or listening to these spooky, miserable realities. I needed to simply change my vibration and say, ‘Hey, I bought a sense tonight’s going to be a very good evening as a result of this complete week is freaking horrible.’ That’s the fantastic thing about that music.”
