The question of how computer and human intelligence interact to spawn creativity continues to be explored in this project. Working alongside Watson data scientists, I processed 10 years of news articles into a fast access memory structure along with pop music, tweets, and lyrics. Working with a custom-fabricated interface, the data was sent to to a visualization system that would show the zeitgeist as news and tweets on one wall, and a gorgeous visualization of the emotional content on the other side. This emotional time travel chamber was used by Grammy-winning producer Alex da Kid to inspire his next big hit.
from The Mill Web site:
The Mill created a massive real-time data art installation built from the computation analysis of pop music, social media and news media by IBM Watson. Natural language and musical compositions were assigned emotional values by Watson which we then translated into immersive visualizations that could be navigated by time, emotion and genre. Intricate color coding of the visuals was based on a five color palette, one each for joy, anger, disgust, sadness, and fear.