Recently, a group of music experts, scientists and tech wizards came together to complete something that Ludwig Van Beethoven couldn’t in his lifetime. They added the final bits to his 10th Symphony — which the great western classical composer left unfinished when he passed away in 1827 — using the help of Artificial Intelligence, or AI. It was a complicated and long-drawn process. The team first introduced the AI software to western classical music, before feeding it with specific musical notes deciphered from Beethoven’s scribbles. Then — based on the argument that music is a structured and mathematical art form — they let the software complete the piece. The idea was to celebrate the musician’s 250th birth anniversary. But purists were aghast. Others felt that it was fair dos, though, saying it’s time music embraces such technology. We quizzed three indie musicians to weigh in with their views on the subject. Read on for what they had to say.

Human, after all