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The advent of AlphaGo has inspired…well, many things. Chief among them, of course, is self-reflectio

The advent of AlphaGo has inspired…well, many things. Chief among them, of course, is self-reflection among serious go players: What is it like to be superseded by artificial intelligence? Conversely, what can AlphaGo teach us about being human? Google’s AI inspired a movie, a belief that future health care will be better, endless cartoons and the belief that soon Al will be able to create knowledge itself. But music? It seems so. The Shanghai Restoration Project (SRP), a contemporary electronic music duo of Dave Liang and Sun Yunfan, recently dropped their new album R.U.R., with a single entitled "Alpha Go." The group tells the E-Journal that R.U.R. explores a world in where robots have supplanted the extinct human civilization that predated them. ‘Alpha Go,' the musicians say, is both "a tribute and an elegy" to Ke Jie’s defeat by the Google AI; it mixes in human elements with decidedly artificial ones. The tune is an airy, abstract melody. It’s evenly paced but turns on a dime, delivered by Yunfan ‘s vocals, which are digitally manipulated. Both musicians played go growing up, with Ms. Sun playing briefly for her school team. The cover art for the album is currently on display at NYC's Society Of Illustrators until Jan 27 as part of the Illustrators 60 exhibition. "Alpha Go" can be listened to on YouTube or the SRP website. - Charles "Doc" Sade, with thanks to Santana Afton for the tip