On Sat, 26 May 2018 11:00:15 +0200, occam wrote:

On 26/05/2018 06:11, PeterN wrote:
On 5/25/2018 9:04 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On May 25, 2018, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Fri, 25 May 2018 18:16:28 -0400, PeterN
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On 5/25/2018 6:42 AM, occam wrote:
Here is an interesting article which says:

"Google and its AI research team really do think that photography is
about deciding what makes a good picture and think it can be
automated.
Over time photography has become increasingly less skillful. First
automatic exposure takes away the skill of setting up the recording
equipment and then automatic focus makes it easy to focus on the
foreground object. AI driven focus even does away with the need to
manually select what should be in focus. All that is left it the
moment
to press the shutter or record button."

The full article
(http://www.i-programmer.info/news/19...11821-google-c

lips-the-death-of-the-photographer.html)
is about Google's Clip App which uses AI to automate the 'critical
moment' of photo-taking, which according to the article is
currently the
last bastion of photographers.

Nothing new there. It is well established that music can be created by
AI. What is lacking is the human nuance.

I doubt that AI will ever produce a Bach, Beethoven or Monteverdi.

Well, maybe it will, but it will be a long time.

Agreed, and there are so many more than the three greats you cited
that AI
will never equal. AI might be able to produce something evocative of
the work
of some great composer, or jazz improvisor like Brubeck, Bud Powell,
or Art
Pepper, but will never be their equal. However, I am sure that we will
have
at least one of the regular participants in this NG who will state
that AI is
going to be the future for all things creative be it music, or
photography.


Assuming an infinite number of monkeys........


Sorry, 'infinite monkeys' misses the point. It implies that the AI will
generate an infinite number of unlistenable pieces of music, of which
one will be perfect. That is not the case.

Anyone who thinks AIs will forever lack 'human nuance' is invited to
watch the Alphago (2017) film, and be prepared to have your frail human
egos shattered.

Our cats play Go with each other all the time. Periodically they try
to drag me into their play.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rckaj5wsxg...Small.jpg?dl=0
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Regards,

Eric Stevens