Music, intelligence, and creativity.

Research perspectives and practical guides from Music X Lab.

慧眼观智能，天工开妙音

2026

October

Function Alignment: A New Theory of Mind and Intelligence, Part II: Emergent Language

Gus G. Xia develops function alignment into a theory of emergent language: how language-like symbolic structure can arise from perceptual dynamics and act back on them.

October 2, 2026 · 34 min · Gus G. Xia

September

How to Write a Music AI Paper

A practical Music X Lab guide to writing a Music AI paper, from the introduction and model diagrams to experiments, user studies, and demo pages.

September 16, 2026 · 31 min · Music X Lab

Function Alignment: A New Theory of Mind and Intelligence, Part I: Foundations

Gus G. Xia introduces function alignment, a theory of mind and intelligence connecting hierarchical representations, meaning, interpretation, and analogy.

September 16, 2026 · 22 min · Gus G. Xia

2024

January

Analogy-making vs. prediction: a debate on the philosophy of automated music generation

A perspective on interpretable music representations, analogy-making, and controllable music generation.

January 4, 2024 · 7 min · Gus G. Xia

2022

August

The big picture of Music X Lab’s research

Gus G. Xia on creative intelligence, aesthetic perception, and the research vision of Music X Lab.

August 18, 2022 · 3 min · Gus G. Xia