[Global Times Special Correspondent in Germany, Aoki] "Artistic innovation or a technical gimmick?" According to a report by the German "Bild", the Beethoven Orchestra premiered in Bonn last weekend, which was completed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ten Symphony.
Whether artificial intelligence can replace humans in creating art has once again become the focus of debate.
When Beethoven died in 1827, only a few manuscripts of the Tenth Symphony remained, some of which were short and unfinished fragments.
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Deutsche Telekom, headquartered in Bonn, the birthplace of Beethoven, organized a team of experts. Musicians, composers and artificial intelligence experts from Germany, Austria, and the United States compiled Beethoven’s drafts, notes, and The music scores of his life time are input into the artificial intelligence system, through the analysis and learning of Beethoven's style, the application of complex algorithms, and the artificial carving, and finally the completion of Beethoven's masterpiece.
Last Saturday’s premiere attracted global attention, and many audiences described the scene as "shocked" and "Beethoven's resurrection".
The famous German singer Volcker said, "I am still not sure which ones are Beethoven and which ones are added by artificial intelligence." He even imagined that his music could be "inspired" by artificial music.
"If the algorithm is done well, every attempt is reasonable." said Levine, a professor of musicology at Harvard University who participated in this creation.
Rohde, director of the Karajan Institute in Salzburg, said that the creation process of "The Tenth Symphony" can be imagined as "a kind of table tennis game between man and machine"-based on its data, artificial intelligence makes recommendations. The expert team makes the selection and integration.
However, the concert conductor Dirk Kraften said, "I think it sounds like Beethoven. But when someone asks me if it is Beethoven? My answer is: no!" There are still many musicians who think, Although artificial intelligence is "very smart", it only imitates human creations. Artificial intelligence cannot generate human inspiration, and it is difficult to make new breakthroughs.
The creation of music by artificial intelligence has now become a trend.
Prior to this, a team has used artificial intelligence to complete unfinished works by famous composers such as Schubert.
In the pop music world, such creations are constantly emerging.
A number of artificial intelligence music startups such as Boomy, MURU, Amper Music, AIVA, etc. have also received financing.
Recently, Starmony, a Swedish artificial intelligence music start-up company, received US$3.5 million in financing and is preparing to increase the research and development of artificial intelligence music creation applications.
In the future, users can create and release their own hit songs within a few minutes.
"It's just like the current picture and video editing software." German cultural scholar Petrandl told the Global Times reporter that users will be able to record their own singing with their mobile phones, and then use artificial intelligence art creation software to create their own Music works.
Not only in the music industry, but also in art creation is increasingly using artificial intelligence.
Recently, scholars from University College London have created a number of "Picasso's works".
Researchers first input Picasso's paintings into a computer to analyze his creative style and painting skills, then input some creative content and generate works, and finally print them with a 3D printer.
"Can this be called art?" Munich data company Rothel's questioning also represents the views of a considerable number of people.
In his view, these artificial intelligence products lack the most important element of art work-human inspiration.
Just like using artificial intelligence to create literary works, it is difficult for artificial intelligence to create great music and art works.
He believes that as long as humans control the creative process of artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence cannot replace the artistic works created by humans.