What happens when computers start writing songs? In this episode of HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli, Dr. Maya Ackerman — co-founder of WaveAI and author of Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us — joins Kevin to talk about how artificial intelligence is changing music. From the AI-restored Beatles song “Now and Then” to The Velvet Sundown, a viral all-AI band with almost a million listeners, the line between human and machine music is getting blurry. Ackerman explains how her tool, LyricStudio, helps people write hit songs with AI — not to replace artists, but to inspire them. Together, they ask: what happens when the machines we built start to sing with us?