[fancyPantsZero]

It depends on what you mean by "on par".

If you mean "endlessly churning out songs that sound pretty much like Beethoven, Chopin, or the Beatles", then probably not. Humans do that too.

If you mean "endlessly creating new, innovative, and enjoyable material, like Beethoven, Chopin, and the Beatles did", then I think it's a very interesting proposition and lots of people would be happy to have that. I am skeptical it can be done with ML though.

[brooklyn_ashey]

I think it would be a huge step forward for music or any artform, just like photography was for visual art. after the camera, we could relax on the technique of copying things as we see them and move on to ideas. perhaps ML could help human music finally get real about ideas. It could be wonderful to be free of the labor so we could really focus on the other aspects of music this kind of development could illuminate by making the formulaic nature understandable by everyone, driving a new interest in a frontier in music we were not free to explore while chained to techniques that are just techniques and not actual mysical ideas. I think music might more emphasize connection between people and a given moment between those very specific people. It might bring the former audience on par with the composer and as a composer, i'd like to see that in my lifetime!