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Repetition legitimizes. Repetition legitimizes.

once it's a mistake, twice it's a pattern

Hence, the "millennial whoop"

Repetition with a hint of unpredictability is what triggers pleasure.

Sometimes repetition with predictability also triggers pleasure, like Krautrock and motorik beat

a beat is a beat, they just aren't always dance-able. some of the examples of AI/ML generated music has always never sounded "good" to me though. it's clever that you can have a computer make music in the realm of $X, and that's cool as a programming accomplishment. at the same time, you can give someone like me all of the $mostRad gear, and what ever i bang out will sound "not good" either. while i can play instruments, i'd never call myself a musician. that's how i consider these ML/AI generated music "types" in my head.