Wherever the cutting edge of technology is, Google is not lagging far behind. Alternatively, they've extracted the enormous Google wallet from the unfathomably deep Google pockets, and are cutting a check to stay ahead of their competitors. Artificial intelligence is no different. Google has several AI experiments Google's AI Breakthrough: What It Means & How It Affects You Google's AI Breakthrough: What It Means & How It Affects You Read More that you can go and play with right now. And because several of these experiments depend on machine learning, your direct interaction will actually help development.

Here's one proof that artificial intelligence is moving closer to replacing more human jobs. Search giant Google this week introduced AI Duet. It's an experiment that uses machine learning to respond to your music. In a video (which I embedded below), Mann explains that the project is using neural networks and machine learning to create a map for responding to musical notes. Apparently, mapping for musical notes would have been created by a computer developer with a degree or musical background.

It has been more than half a year since Google Inc. first revealed a piano-playing artificial intelligence that can take a few notes and turn them into a song. Now the search giant has decided to share the experience with the world with its AI Duet web app. Yotam Mann is the musician and coder behind the new AI, which he created with help from Google's Magenta and Creative Labs teams. In a video, Mann explained the process behind the AI and how it manages to play along with new music on the fly. "Making music using code isn't a new thing at all, but machine learning gives us a different way to go about it," said Mann. "If I was trying to make AI Duet with more traditional programming, I'd have to write out lots of rules."