Artificial intelligence was assigned to arrange Beethoven in the style of ... The Beatles

Computer systems have already learned how to process photos, generate people's faces and interiors of rooms. And what if to entrust the machine to creatively rework classical music? Will the system cope? This question was asked by experts from Sony, who decided to use " Ode to Joy " as the source material (Beethoven composed music for ode in 1823).

Sony Computer Science Laboratory , whose office is located in Paris, decided to entrust the car and processing of the anthem of Europe. Initially, the system was taught the main features of musical styles, and then taught to modify one of the styles, "lending" the techniques of the other. We decided to listen to the same “Ode to Joy” using modern music genres to process the source material.


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According to the Sony Corporation, such work can lead to the fact that the AI ​​will independently compose music that will be pleasant to the ear and memorized. Perhaps in a few years cyber-Beethoven will come to light, while the AI ​​has gone to the elementary schools of the music school.

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