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Computer Composed Music

Posted by FauxReal on 2008-06-10 20:08:45

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		There are many AI programs that create music from scratch. One of the most interesting seems to be the program EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence) created by David Cope (composer and professor at UC Santa Cruz) to help with his writers block. The program deconstructs the works of great composers (Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, even Joplin), finding patterns within their compositions, and then creates brand new compositions based on the patterns it finds. The pieces are brand new compositions that when performed by a live orchestra are, in my opinion are beautiful. So, should music be a strictly human endeavor?
Posted by FauxReal on 2008-06-10 20:19:02


		Computers have as much a soul as us so why not. Just going by the numbers, that they could compass millions of tunes/symphonies a day, they would sooner or later find one that we find amazing.
Posted by freethinker on 2008-06-11 17:43:25


		Sorry freethinker but I don't agree. Computers don't have the ability to express in the same way as humans, not yet. But all music is numbers.
Posted by yadokta on 2008-06-12 17:47:42

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