Hi. There. Before you read this post please listen to these music pieces.

Listen here for the first peace here : Emily Howell 1

Or download from here : Emily Howell 1

Listen to the second peace from here: Emily Howell 2

Or download from here : Emily Howell 2

Enjoyed it? Which one felt odd? The first one? The second one?

Now the crux of the matter. Which do you think was written by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) ?

Both pieces above were written by a computer software. Designed by David Cope.

A short wiki search on David Cope :

UC Santa Cruz emeritus professor David Cope is ready to introduce computer software that creates original, modern music. (Catherine Karnow)

David Cope (b. San Francisco, California, United States, May 17, 1941) is an American author, composer, scientist, and professor emeritus of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His primary area of research involves artificial intelligence and music; he writes programs and algorithms that can analyze existing music and create new compositions in the style of the original input music. In addition to regular music classes, he teaches a summer Workshop in Algorithmic Computer Music that is open to the public as well as a general education course entitled Artificial Intelligence and Music for enrolled UCSC students.

His software has started angering people who believe music can only written with soul. And the above is nothing more than random notes. However what they don’t realize is that maybe your computer gains its soul with this neat little software.

I do believe that one day computers will gain their full sentience. They will be aware and start asking the serious questions. And I do believe that creating music by using AI software is just brilliant.

Tell me what you think! Is this music real enough for you?

Peace!