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Earlier this month, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra got on stage to play a symphony written by the famous Czech composer Antonin Devoirjak.

The orchestra was premiering a piece of music the world had never heard before. The Vorschigorsch died more than a hundred years ago and he left behind just the beginnings of a composition, just two sheets of music. the and completed the composer's unfinished work.

This is what the software spit out,

something in the style of Devourschak

that was still an entirely new symphony.

For years, we've worried about robots replacing the jobs of truck drivers and call center

agents and accountants.

But experts said creative jobs were going to be safe, that computers were still so far from making things that are new and subjective that move us.

So, consider the fact that AI wrote most of this. Today in the show, The Natalia Drosziac visits three musicians using

artificial intelligence to make their music, including the guy behind this

Robo Devoirjack symphony. If computers can now compose something this beautiful, what's left for us

humans to do? I'm Akey Ito, you're listening to Decrypted. Stay with us. The Hey, Nat, welcome to the show.

Hey Nat, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

So you're our European tech reporter out of Brussels and you

normally write about Europe's regulatory crackdown on the tech industry, but

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