I don't think the conversation is misguided. The meaning of a word varies with context, and this neural network was not trained on, say, Hindustani classical or

I don't think the conversation is misguided. The meaning of a word varies with context, and this neural network was not trained on, say, Hindustani classical or twelve-tone music. The vagueness of "classical music" can be annoying sometimes, but in this case people approximately agree on a contextual definition. In the top comment, a precision is brought: "later than medieval and earlier than late-romantic in style", which encompasses almost all of the set used to train the neural network (and consequently, the style that the network is trying to reproduce). Sure, it's a broad range, but the theory that can be used to study it is surprisingly detailed and generalizable.