Virtual composer makes beautiful music—and stirs controversy

Can a computer program really generate musical compositions that are good enough to have been written by humans? Professor David Cope thinks so, and has dedicated decades of research to the topic of artificial intelligence in music, which has resulted in not one, but two controversial composing engines. So controversial that there is now an official movement calling for the death of Emily.

Check out a link to an in-depth article here, a news piece here and some examples of the music here.

We would just like to welcome the first truly talented musical member to the family.