Jul

31

1) From a  forthcoming book on the use of algorithms which looks interesting.

"What started on Wall Street - a takeover at the hands of emotionless algorithms - has now spread to all corners of our lives. Music that sounds as if it could have been written by Bach was, in fact, composed by an algorithm. The best analysis at the CIA doesn't come from experienced agents, but from an algorithm. The best mind reader in the world isn't a psychiatrist or a psychologist, but a set of five million algorithms that knows what you're thinking and what you'll do in almost any situation. How did we get here?"

2) An article from Steiner on algorithms and creativity:

"Music X-Ray's algorithms use Fourier transforms—a method of separating a signal from the "noise" of complex data—to isolate a song's base melody, beat, tempo, rhythm, octave, pitch, chords, progression, sonic brilliance, and several other factors that catch a listener's ear. The software then builds three-dimensional models of the song based on these properties and compares it with hit songs of the past. Putting a just-analyzed song on the screen with No. 1 tracks of yore shows a kind of cloud structure filled in with dots representing songs. The hits tend to be grouped in clusters, which reveal similar underlying structures. Get close to the middle of one of those clusters and you may have a hit."


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