ILLUSTRATION BY DAN PAGE
But is it really
As artificial intelligence leaps from the lab , artists may find their greatest collaborator or greatest competitor .
BY PAYAL DHAR
Ludwig van Beethoven ’ s Symphony No . 10 might be considered the longest freelance assignment in history — commissioned in 1817 by the Philharmonic Society of London and finally performed in October 2021 . When the maestro died in 1827 , he left behind an incredible musical legacy of nine symphonies , but the tenth existed only in the form of some random notes and scribbles . That is , until two centuries later , when historians , musicologists , composers and computer scientists came together to finish the piece with the help of artificial intelligence ( AI ).
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