In episode ten of Mixcloud Presents: The Inside Track, Mixcloud Co-Founder and CEO Nico Perez is joined by Mat Dryhurst. 

Mat is an artist, musician and technological researcher based in Germany. Alongside his partner Holly Herndon, he works on interdisciplinary audiovisual projects that explore the creative potential and ethics of creating content using technologies, such as AI, Web 3.0, and blockchain.

Dryhurst is the co-founder of Spawning, an organisation that gives artists the means to opt in or out of data sets used to train AI models for generative art.

He discusses his early musical influences and experiences and the complex nature of generative AI, creativity and music culture.

Later, Dryhurst discusses the impact of streaming on music economics, AI robot DJs and the ethics of AI training and data usage.

The tenth and final episode of the first season of The Inside Track follows appearances by Francois K, Charlie Bones, Whitney Wei, Yancey Strickler, David Zhou, Elijah, Andreea Magdalina, NIKS and DJ Westfa and DJ Tara. Stream now on Mixcloud, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.