Jamie Brew

Jenn Schiffer

Friday 2100 Crystal Ballroom: Robot karaoke returns to HOPE! Jamie and Jenn run a live comedy show where performers sing all-new words to classic tunes, generated in real time. Their songwriting system searches an eclectic catalog for phrases that match the original rhyme and meter of each line, creating lyrics that have never been sung before and will never be sung again. Think Quora questions to the tune of "Dancing Queen" or HOPE presentation titles to the tune of "The Rainbow Connection." This talk covers how they source the data, phonetically annotate the songs, run the show, and develop their core software: the Weird Algorithm.