What it does

This is a curated awesome-list that rounds up people, projects, articles, and tools at the intersection of machine learning and creative work. Think of it as a map to a scattered scene: Magenta’s music experiments, Robbie Barrat’s GAN paintings, GPT-3 fiction, and browser-based style transfer demos all live here. The maintainer, Vibert Thio, also slips in a few of his own musical ML games.

The interesting bit

The list doubles as a who’s-who of the creative ML world circa 2018–2019, including the then-19-year-old Barrat and the notorious Christie’s GAN auction that sold for $432,500—while noting the code was originally Barrat’s. It’s part directory, part mild art-world gossip.

Key highlights

• Covers visual art, music, text, and interactive installations in one list
• Includes learning resources tiered from beginner (The Coding Train) to advanced (CS231n)
• Highlights approachable libraries: ml5.js and p5.js for artists who fear C++
• Curated by someone actually building in the space (Sornting, RUNN, Jazz RNN)
• Creative Commons licensed, so the curation itself is reusable

Caveats

• The TODO section admits it needs linting, a profile picture, and a “For Non-Programmers” section—so it’s unfinished
• Some links may be stale; the Christie’s auction and GPT-3 references date the list to a specific era
• A few descriptions are thin (“Drawing Orientations” gets no explanation at all)

Verdict

Worth bookmarking if you’re exploring creative ML and want a human-filtered starting point. Skip it if you need rigorous taxonomy or up-to-the-minute tooling; this is a snapshot, not a living database.