Generative systems are a lot like windchimes and your computer is the wind. Although, I think as time goes on I wouldn't be surprised to see true AI created music.
Hi
drkmttr,
I take it that you are quite a bit younger than I, so I thought that I might provide you with some background to computer/AI-generated music. I think that you might be surprised to learn that computer/AI-generated music has its roots back in (at
least) the 1970s !!
Back in those "dark ages" before personal computers or smart-phones (this was in the early 1970s), I was a student at the
University of Illinois, majoring in mathematics and also very interested in computers, music and music composition. I was very lucky to get to know and become a student in the advanced music composition classes taught by Prof.
Herbert Brün, who was teaching (together with Prof.
Heinz von Foerster) courses dealing with diverse topics (such as cognition, composition, cybernetics and others) at the University's
Biological Computer Laboratory. In order to keep this post short I will refer you to the following links so that you can get an introduction to these two brilliant men:
Herbert Brün &
Heinz von Foerster.
These two outstanding people had a
profound influence on my development both
personally and
professionally. Unfortunately, many of their achievements and pioneering work seems to have been forgotten -- most likely due to their intense interest
in their research and
disinterest in promoting themselves (in contrast to so many people today in the age of lunatic social media self-promotion). I continue to wonder at the claims of younger people about how (supposedly) "new" AI advances and achievements are appearing, when in fact many of these were
initially developed and researched back in the 1970s. The extreme difficulty and expense (back in those days) to use or have access to powerful computers was a tremendous handicap. Things have, of course accelerated with today's more powerful, inexpensive and compact computers and computing devices; nevertheless most of these "wonderful and new" AI developments actually have their roots before most of the spell-bound fans were even born.
Regards,
-- Slim