Tag: Johann Sebastian Bach
Back-to-Back, Failed Visions of the “Brain as a Supercomputer”
Douglas Hofstadter argued in much the same vein as Henry Markham, that the brain can be understand in rules-bound machine terms.
Letter from Paris: The Bells Are Silent
I would go into the cathedral and light a candle for M.-P. Schützenberger. He had wished to return as one of the gargoyles, and, perhaps, he had.
Beauty Leads Us Home
Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me?
Robert Marks on the Lovelace Test
Beyond lies the unique realm of the human, no matter what addled things Stephen Hawking may say about computers “replacing” us.
Is AIVA’s “Genesis” Genius?
Something that makes compositions great is the fact that abstract musical notation can somehow express a personality with its idiosyncrasies.