Almost 195 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, a version of his incomplete 10th symphony was premiered - composed by artificial intelligence.
The renowned Beethoven Orchestra played the piece on Saturday evening under the direction of their chief conductor Dirk Kaftan in the Telekom Forum in Bonn.
The telecommunications company initiated the project.
Bonn - Celebrities such as top model Toni Garrn and actor Benno Fürmann were also invited as guests.
Beethoven was unable to complete the 10th Symphony before his death and only left a few sketches and notes.
On this basis, a team of experts, including musicologists and programmers, tried to develop artificial intelligence to fill the gaps.
The computer was fed with many other Beethoven pieces, among other things, but also with music by his contemporaries.
The goal: to enable the machine to compose like Beethoven.
also read
What is behind agile work
In many companies and industries, agile work has long been part of everyday life.
Others, on the other hand, have hardly any points of contact.
What exactly is hidden behind this form of cooperation?
What is behind agile work
New museum harbor in Greifswald continues to take shape
With the completion of a new sheet pile wall, the city of Greifswald has taken the next step in the redesign of its museum harbor.
The work was related to one of the largest construction projects in the city - the redesign of the Hansering, as Mayor Stefan Fassbinder (Greens) explained on Thursday on the occasion of the handover of the sheet pile wall.
New museum harbor in Greifswald continues to take shape
Signs of inclusion: List in sign language
Second division soccer team FC St. Pauli is breaking new ground in the area of "barrier-free communication".
In the home game against FC Ingolstadt on Sunday (1.30 p.m. / Sky), the Kiezkicker team line-up will also be shown in sign language for the first time.
The short videos with the players have also been on the club's website since Thursday.
Signs of inclusion: List in sign language
In the end, the AI made suggestions as to how certain positions could be continued.
The experts looked at the variants, made a selection and played the decision back into the system.
Those involved emphasized that it was an experiment and not about questioning Beethoven's uniqueness.
Rather, they want to show how creative collaboration between human and artificial intelligence can work.
"The project is a collaboration between man and machine," said Matthias Röder, director of the Karajan Institute (Salzburg), who headed the AI team, before the premiere.
The potential of the technology is fascinating for composers.
“You could also combine a Beatles AI with the melodic AI from Mozart - and then write the harmonies yourself.
The spectrum of possibilities can be expanded exponentially. ”Dpa