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by mike_h 1299 days ago
Not AI, at least not for the composition process. It algorithmically combines a library of loops using genre templates:

https://napolitano.de/2021/11/12/soundraw-ai-music-creation-...

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To defend the website, it can still be argued to be called AI. Rule based methods are still said by some to be a section of AI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule-based_system

I understand that nowadays when we think of AI we imagine deep learning and neural networks, but nowhere on the website does it claim that that is the case.

Think of ELIZA for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

One of the earliest chatbots. Entirely rule based, but from the historical perspective undeniably classed as AI.

This is the right answer. Too many "experts" out here who cannot differentiate between AI/ML/DS but swear they know it all
Superb article.