Jordan Rudess to perform live concerts with jam_bot, the MIT-built AI improvisation model
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-25
Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess announced that jambot, an AI music model he and his MIT team have been developing for three years, will perform live with human musicians and a choir at MIT's inaugural Future Fest on October 3, with two shows (5 PM and 8 PM) at Thomas Tull Concert Hall.
- jambot is trained on Rudess's own playing and focuses on improvisation and "musical conversation"
- The public can try jambot at the MIT Museum from October 2–10
- The production combines AI music, spatial sound, light, and kinetic art, presented by MIT CAST
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