Computers Shown More Creative Than Humans

UC Santa Cruz professor David Cope has been working on software, called Emily Howell, that generates original and modern music. Using algorithms that mathematically mixes, recombines, and alters musical combinations, his music can often convincingly mimic the styles of the great classical composers such as Mozart and Bach. So if a machine can be as creative as we are, is a "soul" really needed to be artistic?

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Computers Shown More Creative Than Humans