Brian Eno's development of Ambient music and generative art/music systems was strongly influenced by cybernetics, especially the work of Norbert Wiener and Staf

Brian Eno's development of Ambient music and generative art/music systems was strongly influenced by cybernetics, especially the work of Norbert Wiener and Stafford Beer. http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2014/03/03/brian-eno-ambient-1-music-for-airports/ http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2014/03/03/brian-eno-ambi... https://rhizome.org/editorial/2009/oct/21/brian-eno-peter-schmidt-and-cybernetics/ https://rhizome.org/editorial/2009/oct/21/brian-eno-peter-sc... https://books.google.com/books?id=rxcqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT402&lpg=PT402&dq=generating+and+organizing+variety+in+the+arts&source=bl&ots=nz3KijZAZh&sig=ACfU3U2VHKtnqxFL5hdvGTiO0Jxu7dWAjg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBu4_q8N_oAhXSoFsKHcaJBrgQ6AEwB3oECAsQKQ#v=onepage&q=generating%20and%20organizing%20variety%20in%20the%20arts&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=rxcqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT402&lpg=... Not ambient, but Eno name-checks Wiener in the cheeky "Seven Deadly Finns" :-): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaLrS0WG7Z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaLrS0WG7Z0