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People need to stop knee-jerkedly downvoting stuff. The above comment might not sound very civil or friendly in response to posting about an AI project -- but

People need to stop knee-jerkedly downvoting stuff. The above comment might not sound very civil or friendly in response to posting about an AI project -- but it's a perfectly reasonable gut-level reaction to have to an (alleged) piece of music. Particularly this "music". And it happens to be mine, also, in regard to the SoundCloud samples. Sure, the project behind it might be mathematically interesting and all... but really now, this ain't music, let alone jazz. In fact, if I came across those samples whilst flipping between radio stations, I would probably hover for at most a second or two, before giving the dial another turn... or turning the damn thing off. Absolutely unlistenable, in other words.

JamilD 11y ago
It may be true, but to me the parent comment came across as smug and condescending, and didn't really have anything to contribute to the conversation. Your comment, on the other hand, provided some more insight into why this might not be notable or impressive.
devin 11y ago
I respectfully disagree. Yes it's going to sound terrible being played by the default midi soundfont, but what it's playing is actually quite interesting.
mrspeaker 11y ago
No one downvoted the OP because they thought the music was good - they downvoted because the comment was garbage and didn't express any reasoning. It was a useless "-1" reply. Your comment on the other hand (aside the complaining about downvoting, which is discouraged in the HN guidelines) was fair and interesting - and I personally upvoted it.
daemonk 11y ago
People are down-voting it because it is exact what you said, a gut-level reaction. While it may be a perfectly reasonable reaction, I would think some elaboration on why they didn't like it would be far more informative and probably more inline with the posting style this site is trying to foster.
SubiculumCode 11y ago
My reaction was based on several reactions 1. I heard more convincing music composed by AI a decade ago. 2. It suffers from the same pointlessness that seems to plague these attempts: Disjointed, monotonous, doesn't go anywhere. 3. The exercise did not place itself in the context of other approaches to AI music compodituon. I apologize for my rudeness and brevity.

JamilD 11y ago

It may be true, but to me the parent comment came across as smug and condescending, and didn't really have anything to contribute to the conversation. Your comment, on the other hand, provided some more insight into why this might not be notable or impressive.

devin 11y ago

I respectfully disagree. Yes it's going to sound terrible being played by the default midi soundfont, but what it's playing is actually quite interesting.

mrspeaker 11y ago

No one downvoted the OP because they thought the music was good - they downvoted because the comment was garbage and didn't express any reasoning. It was a useless "-1" reply. Your comment on the other hand (aside the complaining about downvoting, which is discouraged in the HN guidelines) was fair and interesting - and I personally upvoted it.

daemonk 11y ago

People are down-voting it because it is exact what you said, a gut-level reaction. While it may be a perfectly reasonable reaction, I would think some elaboration on why they didn't like it would be far more informative and probably more inline with the posting style this site is trying to foster.

SubiculumCode 11y ago

My reaction was based on several reactions 1. I heard more convincing music composed by AI a decade ago. 2. It suffers from the same pointlessness that seems to plague these attempts: Disjointed, monotonous, doesn't go anywhere. 3. The exercise did not place itself in the context of other approaches to AI music compodituon. I apologize for my rudeness and brevity.