Comments on: Will Computer Programs Replace Mozart? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/30/will-computer-programs-replace-mozart/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/30/will-computer-programs-replace-mozart/#comment-18652 Michael Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:32:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=2600#comment-18652 This isn't that new anyway. I use a very powerful program called Band-in-a-Box from PG Music which can actually write some very nice music by itself. I don't have any use for tha function, and use it as an arranging and composing tool, but a set of algorythms is all that is really required to produce musical works that are pretty pleasing. Innovation is something else entirely. No AI has been able to do that very successfully, as indeed most humans can't do that successfully either. This isn’t that new anyway. I use a very powerful program called Band-in-a-Box from PG Music which can actually write some very nice music by itself. I don’t have any use for tha function, and use it as an arranging and composing tool, but a set of algorythms is all that is really required to produce musical works that are pretty pleasing.

Innovation is something else entirely. No AI has been able to do that very successfully, as indeed most humans can’t do that successfully either.

]]> By: Cory http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/30/will-computer-programs-replace-mozart/#comment-18651 Cory Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:52:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=2600#comment-18651 The real question is whether "Emily" can actually create in an innovative sense. With centuries of successful compositions and a trained musicologist to input data from, you can certain create an AI which can produce likable music. In the likely event that this AI cannot innovate, it will only prove that most music is indeed produced mechanically even if by humans, something many have long held anyway. The real question is whether “Emily” can actually create in an innovative sense. With centuries of successful compositions and a trained musicologist to input data from, you can certain create an AI which can produce likable music. In the likely event that this AI cannot innovate, it will only prove that most music is indeed produced mechanically even if by humans, something many have long held anyway.

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/09/30/will-computer-programs-replace-mozart/#comment-18650 Jeff Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=2600#comment-18650 So where can I hear a composition by Emily? So where can I hear a composition by Emily?

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