It's not passable...it's pretty obviously algorithmic. The program does not have volition. Why would you think that using statistics to generate a model of a

It's not passable...it's pretty obviously algorithmic. The program does not have volition. Why would you think that using statistics to generate a model of a piece of art (which is just data in the case of MIDI and pixels) would be "off-limits"? People have been doing this for decades. No one knows the answer to your last two questions, but there is no indication that this program is leading there.