When AI takes on Eurovision: Can a computer write a hit song?

When AI takes on Eurovision: Can a computer write a hit song?

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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/when-ai-takes-on-eurovision-can-a-computer-write-a-hit-song/

Imagine assembling a crack team of musicologists to compose the perfect Eurovision hit, only to end up with a song that crescendos as a robotic voice urges listeners to “kill the government, kill the system."

That was the experience of a team of Dutch academics who, after an experiment in songwriting using artificial intelligence algorithms, inadvertently created a new musical genre: Eurovision Technofear.