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"But computers have been programmed to write music. They have been given the rules and techniques, just like we have. And they can write good music. So what. You might say that computer music has no soul. I say that I hear a lot of music written by…"

"Right on. How can would-be artists be inspired; fall back on their experiences?  "

"I have been wanting to chime in on this for awhile, and now that I'm back on the forum, I can. So: that the world has been losing its mind has been evident for some time now. The vast majority of people today are probably not even capable of…"

"@Charles Holt, I hope you are correct in that projection.I'm not so sure about the commercial movie music and video game field. This is probably the group you're referring to. Composition for real musicians though. I don't think many…"

"Tim, while I agree that some manner of AI will have a hand in creating fake compositions I don't think it will truly affect the field. There will always be those in need of music happy to use the bland, the obvious and the lowest denominator…"

"@Stephen Lines, I apologize if my writing style comes off as extremely one sided and opinionated. When I read it again it came across as someone who doesn't leave much wiggle room for alternative explanations or maybe I should say different…"

"I hear where you're coming from Timothy and agree with much of what you say. The principal word in the quote The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at…"

"I suppose as increasingly art and video can be produced by AI in a similar way the human will become redundant in the creative process except maybe to enter a few parameters. So whether and what one credits is moot. Then it can churn out stuff,…"

"Hi! Hope your day's going well! Glad to see a female composer! Hope you have a great day! :)"

"The larger issue I see is that every piece I post here (not much lately, but still )  is made possible by hardware, software, communications infrastructure and creative input by many other people who I really should credit also.-Yes, but I…"

"It is an interesting point.I am also having mixed feelings and opinions around this. And I am just trying to find out and try what's out there to be able to shape my final opinion and also the feelings around all this. But for now, what I…"

"Hi Ingo, Actually I just selected the Preset style and it came up with this piece. It was really quick. When I downloaded it was mp3 file and a midi file and I can take the midi file to my DAW to edit it however I want. Also, after composing…"

"Hi Ashley, thanks for keeping us posted here. The piece is good but the samples are just ok.  Can you share how this piece was created?  Did you supply a theme or just choose from a list of parameters like key and tempo? It sounds like…"

"These are good questions certainly.  Life is getting more and more complicated because of technology, and our legal and moral systems are unable to keep up. I see AI as a collaborator.  A collaborator is entitled to credit and compensation…"

"When the creator isn't in the creation process doesn't that pretty much nullify everything concerning creativity?"

"A few years ago some programmer wrote software in which he put all the idioms of a particular composer. I forget who. He then had the computer write a piece. It sounded enough like the composers own music that even some experts couldn't tell…"