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Music is beauty in sounds. Why not make your own music with the help of artificial intelligence (AI)?
AI can do many different things. From controlling the lights in our homes to helping us order pizzas, it seems there aren't many more uses for AI than we already have. However, can AI make music like human beings?
Thanks to a team of Swiss scientists, AI may soon be able to come up with music especially for us. Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a computer algorithm(算法), the "Deep Artificial Composer (DAC)", which can create original music all by itself.
Florian Colombo, an EPFL scientist who helped create the DAC, said that AI could produce complete melodies(旋律), with a beginning and an end.
At present, the DAC is only able to produce several pieces of traditional Irish folk music, but it's hoped that it will be able to create songs based on any type of music in the end.
To "teach" the DAC, the scientists trained it to "listen" to different folk songs. Based on this input(输入), the AI taught itself how to compose music, from getting the
pitch and timing right, to choosing the right notes.
This process is still in its early stages, with the DAC still not producing perfect results, but Colombo said that the AI's music was still "quite pleasant to listen to".
While the idea sounds very hopeful, we shouldn't expect the DAC to replace real-life composers any time soon. According to Colombo, the system was designed to produce only simple melodies. So far, it can only create songs based on a single instrument.
Colombo said that his purpose in creating the DAC was to help people create their own music, not to have it made for them. His exciting new ideas came from Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart. It's said that he used to throw the dice(掷骰子) to help him pick which notes to use when making new music.
"A good composer with creative ideas will never be replaced by an algorithm," said Colombo.
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)29. What does the underlined word "pitch" probably mean?
A. A type of musical instrument.
B. How high or low a sound is.
C. The difference between folk songs.
D. The composer of the music.
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)30. What can we learn about the DAC from the passage?
A. The DAC was rejected by some composers.
B. The DAC can't be used to replace real-life composers.
C. Music creation has to depend on the DAC.
D. Scientists are amazed at music made by the DAC.
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)31. Why did Colombo mention Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart?
A. To express his respect for Mozart.
B. To present his achievement on AI music.
C. To praise Mozart's contribution to music.
D. To explain his purpose in creating the DAC.
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)32. Which can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. AI Is Changing Music Creation
B. AI Composers VS Human Composers
C. How AI Replaces Human Composers
D. Colombo Helped Create the DAC
