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Now consider this: Something generated by a computer, in this case music, has no intent.

But what happens if I curate it, judge it, only publish the best ones. Through that I add my intent.

Where is the difference between curating a number of computer generated songs into an album, and curating a number of computer generated sounds into a piece of music?

Both require some sort of talent, both add intent to something that a computer generated.

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Of course. You add your intent of curation/collection. The part that's original to you is the curation itself. Not the songs being collected themselves.

It's the same with instruments that generate a sound (whether mechanical or electronic ones). The sound source might be more or less generated. But what you do with it, the music you compose and play with it, that is original to your self. But the source sound material is just that: raw material.

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