Dean Ball on AI creativity: 'Could AI ever write Beethoven's 10th? Good Christ I hope so'
deanwball · x · 2026-10-10
AI researcher Dean Ball posted a one-liner asking whether AI could ever write Beethoven's 10th Symphony — the famous unfinished work — adding 'Good Christ I hope so.' A short but pointed statement of optimism about AI reaching the pinnacle of human artistic creativity.
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